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Title
Model planes test big ones
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1955
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated October 1, 1955 reads, "Paul Kulka, left, of Burbank, and Serge Gardiner, Los Angeles, work on models of two Lockheed airplanes in Burbank aircraft company's model shop. Lockheed uses models of aircraft or parts of aircraft for engineering tests or to help establish color, shape or other aspects of design. Partial models have run as large as one-fourth actual size."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00141440
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d049_f28_i2
CARL0005737794
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/71074
Subject
Lockheed Corporation
Lockheed Corporation--Employees
Models and modelmaking--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Designers--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Aircraft industry--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Models (Clay, plaster, etc.)
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1951-1960

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