Detail of tree created from burlap, part of the camouflage designed by landscape architect Edward Huntsman-Trout during World War II to cover the Douglas Aircraft Company Santa Monica plant
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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.
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