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View of vents and a dirigible (airship) hovering in the camouflage neighborhood designed by landscape architect Edward Huntsman-Trout to cover the Douglas Aircraft Company Santa Monica plant during World War II

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Title: View of vents and a dirigible (airship) hovering in the camouflage neighborhood designed by landscape architect Edward Huntsman-Trout to cover 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. I58 Digital object 5001 img0027 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/3694
Subject: Douglas Aircraft Company
Airships--California--Santa Monica
World War, 1939-1945--Camouflage
Relation: 247577468
Provenance: Donated by the Museum of Flying.

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