Headquarters of most of the major oil companies or their branches now operating in the Canadian West, Calgary and its municipal airport provide a base for more than 40 executive type of aircraft. These range up to and include DC-3s. Calgary's...
Redstone launch vehicle carrying a boilerplate model of the Project Mercury spacecraft launched at 12:30 pm from Cape Canaveral, FL today appeared to fly its preplanned trajectory. The vehicle reached a peak altitude of 115 statute miles, a maximum...
Written on back: "Famed 'Texas Towers' of the Continental Radar Warning System wear leggings of Lukens Monel clad steel which reach from beneath the water level to above the splash level to provide protection against action of the salt water."...
Written on back: "Famed 'Texas Towers' of the Continental Radar Warning System wear leggings of Lukens Monel clad steel which reach from beneath the water level to above the splash level to provide protection against action of the salt water."...
Letter from W. A. Raymold, proprietor of W. A Raymold Secret Society Supplies, Military Band and Yacht Furnishings, to William du Pont offering his services to provide the crew of du Pont's yacht, the "Au Revoir." Included are two examples of...
Now operating at Argonne National Laboratory. Beams of heavy ions are invaluable tools for probing atomic nuclei. The LINAC will be used to boost heavy ions from our existing tandem Van De Graaff Accelerator to provide ion beams of excellent...
This triple duty Super Constellation, sporting a new military look, is ready to start long haul service with the Military Air Transport Service as a convertible transport that can be quick switched to carry passengers, cargo or hospital litter...
Naval Air Transport Service-Snowcapped peaks near Dutch Harbor, Alaska provide an impressive background for this NATS plane en route to the Aleutian front. Flying under the aegis of the Naval Air Transport Service, giant R4D planes are today...
25 of these giant new type steam locomotive for freight service are being built by the PRR to draw wartime trains of 125 loaded cars at speeds in excess of 50 mph. The new engine develops more power in its working range than any steam locomotive...
Text from image: "You Can Lick Runaway Prices. You Hold the 7 Keys to Hold Down Prices: 1. Buy and hold War Bonds; 2. Pay willingly our share of taxes; 3. Provide adequate life insurance and saving for our future; 4. Reduce our debts as much as...
Text from image: "We'll Take Care of the Rising Sun, You Take Care of Rising Prices: 1. Buy and hold War Bonds; 2. Pay willingly our share of taxes; 3. Provide adequate life insurance and saving for our future; 4. Reduce our debts as much as...
Lake ore carrier at a Great Lakes shipping point. The numbers on the bins are for identification of the ore since the ores have been classified to provide various finished grades of iron or steel
Nylon will provide for future feminine neckwear, as it has for stockings, a new combination of flattery and practicality. These box pleated organdy frills need no ironing after laundering, which insures retention of a new look. Elaborate neckwear...
DuPont's Victoria, Texas plant was completed in 1951 as part of a five year, $550 million program of plant expansion to provide facilities which were deferred during World War II. Operated by the Polychemicals Department, the plant provides a...
Nylon in still another application replaces war restricted animal bristles, this time as the frictions to provide tension on yarn in textile shuttles as shown above. Shuttles manufactures now prefer nylon bristles because they last two to three...
A flyer block of nylon, used in textile machinery, travels as fast as 15,000 revolutions per minute without lubrication. Attached to a spindle in the spinning operation, the flyer clock holds wires which provide necessary tension to the yarn. The...
Wrapping Victory Garden produce in cellophane and freezing it at locker plants will provide fresh, flavorsome food to approximately a million American families this year. There are 4,600 locker plants, mainly in rural and suburban areas. Here Mrs....
Wrapping Victory Garden produce in cellophane and freezing it at locker plants will provide fresh, flavorsome food to approximately a million American families this year. There are 4,600 locker plants, mainly in rural and suburban areas. The...
