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Detail of the tension compression structure which supported the camouflage designed by landscape architect Edward Huntsman-Trout to conceal the manufacture of military aircraft at the Douglas Aircraft Company Santa Monica plant during World War II

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Title: Detail of the tension compression structure which supported the camouflage designed by landscape architect Edward Huntsman-Trout to conceal the manufacture of military aircraft at the Douglas Aircraft Company Santa Monica plant during World War II
Date Created and/or Issued: [1941-1945]
Contributing Institution: Santa Monica Public Library
Collection: Santa Monica Image Archives
Rights Information: Images are for personal research, scholarly and educational purposes. Contact the Santa Monica Public Library Image Archives for information about the reproduction of images. The Library assumes no responsibility for the improper use of any image from the Archives.
Description: Santa Monica Public Library Image Archives. I91 Digital object 5001 img0060 The camouflage was a residential neighborhood created of burlap supported by a tension compression structure to cover entire plant. A dummy plant was erected adjacent to the neighborhood. Museum of Flying Collection.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w.
Identifier: http://digital.smpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/smarchive/id/3727
Subject: Douglas Aircraft Company
World War, 1939-1945--Camouflage
Relation: 247578444
Provenance: Donated by the Museum of Flying.

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