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Collection Donor:
Nickse, Hugo  Search this
Johnson, Hanford  Search this
Steinway, Henry Ziegler  Search this
Collection Creator:
Comstock, Cheney and Co.  Search this
Pratt, Read and Company  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Scope and Contents:
The PHOTONEGATIVES, 1942-1945, show many of the same subjects as the photoprints. However, since most of them were created in the course of photo assignments for The Leading Edge, they focus more on the employees and typical factory scenes. The negatives showing the various departments, for example, usually consist of group photos of the workers in that department, rather than scenes showing them at work. Factory scenes include the assembly line, change of shifts, a bond rally, visits of servicemen and women, the 1943 Christmas celebration, and production award ceremonies. Many of the photoprints and photonegatives show the factory grounds covered with CG 4A gliders in various stages of assembly. Others document the packaging and shipping of the finished gliders, and the accidents that took place in transit. The archivist has grouped several sets of related negatives together by topic, since they lacked an overall original arrangement.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Pratt, Read Corporation Records, 1839-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0320, Subseries 4.6
See more items in:
Pratt, Read Corporation Records
Pratt, Read Corporation Records / Series 4: Gould Aeronautical Division
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep87194d942-545a-4ba7-9a0f-18204f650866
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0320-ref278