The photographic print shows the Cloth Assembly Department of Plant 1 at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company, circa 1918. Dayton-Wright employees are seen attaching cloth to the skeleton frames of aircraft wings by using tacks and tack hammers. In the background signs are visible that read "Danger No Smoking". Stacks of wings are in the background and various supplies can be seen throughout the room. The title of the negative is "Dayton-Wright Airplane - Plant - 1. Cloth Asse" and labeled 32.

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