Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a Lear Research and Development Division machinist at work, September 1950. A balding man in glasses and a lab coat stands left of a large "Bridgeport" machine, which uses a needle-like device to poke through a metal piece, on a long base. The device has a large black wheel, at right, and an assortment of knobs and switches. In the background, what appears to be a door can be seen. Photoprint reads: "Experienced machinist taking a light weight torque testing fixture for experimental servo-mechanism. Many development projects call for specially built test equipment produced in Lear's model shop. A sound-proof room is avialable for testing of mechanical devices and to house noisy equipment during life tests".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm. photographic prints photographs
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