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40 PBYs on Lake Worth

Description: Aerial photograph of forty airplanes floating on Lake Worth. According to Jeff Rhodes: "On 22 November 1940, Consolidated Aircraft Chief Test Pilot Bill Wheatley contacted newspaper publisher and Fort Worth, Texas, civic booster Amon G. Carter, explaining the company had been ordered to transfer 200 PBY Catalina patrol seaplanes (37 of the aircraft can be seen in this photo) from San Diego, California, to Britain and that the crews were in immediate need of a layover point. In just eight days, … more
Date: November 30, 1940
Location: 32.812158 -97.451343
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

220-yard dash at the 1944 Fat Stock Show

Description: Photograph of the runners making their start in the 220-yard dash at the 1944 Fat Stock Show track and field meet. The man on the far right is Curly Whitaker, who entered for Convair.
Date: 1944
Location: 32.745740 -97.365889
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

1st Prize Carload Hereford Bulls, Colorado, 1946

Description: Photograph of twelve Hereford bulls, all with large horns, lined side by side in a large corral. In the background are several pens and behind that is a tall brush-covered hill. This photo was taken at the headquarters of Switzer and Field Hereford Ranch in Gunnison County, Colorado.
Date: December 1945
Creator: Smith, Guy E.
Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

Aerial view of C.V.A.C. and Tarrant Field

Description: Aerial view of C.V.A.C. (Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation) and Tarrant Field. Runways criss-cross below and a fleet of planes are lined up to the lower left of the photo.
Date: July 25, 1947
Location: 32.787694 -97.421757
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Aerial View of Flood in Fort Worth in 1949

Description: Aerial photograph of flood waters in Fort Worth on May 17, 1949. The Montgomery Wards building is seen on the upper right. Many roads and buildings are under water.
Date: May 17, 1949
Location: None
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Aerial view of Liberator Village

Description: Photograph of Liberator Village from the air. Many houses are seen lining the streets in this housing tract.
Date: July 25, 1947
Location: None
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Ambulance Scooter

Description: Photograph of an ambulance Scooter carrying a patient to the first aid room
Date: July 25, 1945
Location: 32.774992 -97.449530
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Ambulance Scooter

Description: Photograph of an ambulance Scooter carrying a patient to the first aid room
Date: July 25, 1945
Location: 32.774992 -97.449530
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[B-24 heading for initial flight]

Description: Photograph of a B-24 rolling from the hangar heading for its initial flight on April 17, 1942. A crowd stands to the right to watch.
Date: April 17, 1942
Location: 32.779200 -97.449546
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[B-24, left side]

Description: Photograph of a B-24 from the left side, showing the wing with two propellers in April 1942.
Date: April 28, 1942
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[B-24 with men on top]

Description: Photograph of a B-24 from the side with two workmen standing on the fuselage in April 1942. One of the large propellers is visible.
Date: April 28, 1942
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

B-32 Aircraft outside of the Assembly Line.

Description: Photograph of a B-32 aircraft outside of the assembly line at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas in February 1945. The four large engines on the wings are covered.
Date: February 3, 1945
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

B-32 Aircraft outside of the Assembly Line.

Description: Photograph of a B-32 aircraft outside of the assembly line at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas in February 1945. The four large engines on the wings are covered. A man on a bicycle looks at the plane.
Date: February 3, 1945
Location: 32.779230 -97.449601
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

B-32 Assembly

Description: Workers hang engine no. 1 on final assembly of a B-32 at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas on January 25, 1945.
Date: January 25, 1945
Location: 32.774992 -97.449530
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

B-32 Assembly Line

Description: B-32 assembly line at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas in January 1945.
Date: January 25, 1945
Location: 32.774992 -97.449530
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

B-32 Assembly Line - nose and tail section line up

Description: Photograph of the B- 32 tail and nose line up on the assembly line at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth.
Date: February 8, 1945
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

B-32 Assembly Line- Tail Groups

Description: Photograph of the "tail groups" in the assembly line of the B-32s at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth Texas in January 1945.
Date: January 25, 1945
Location: 32.774992 -97.449530
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth
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