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Item Identifier Number
ms152_217
Creation Date
1920
Collection
MS-152: Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Photographs
Description
The photograph shows employees of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company standing on the wings of the Dayton-Wright RB-1 to show the strength of the aircraft, circa 1920. The RB-1 was one of the first airplanes made with a solid wing instead of the usual fabric covered wooden skeleton wings. The men standing on the wings are listed from left to right: Howard M. Rinehart, James M. Jacobs, J. P. Henry, Harvey D. Geyer, Bernard L. Whelan, Wallace S. Whittaker, Thomas Midgley Jr., J. H. Hunt, Milton Clement Baumann (chief designer), Harold E. Talbott Jr., G. M. Williams, and Charles F. Kettering. The RB-1 was also known as the Dayton-Wright Racer.
Publisher Repository
Special Collections and Archives; Wright State University Libraries
Digital Publisher
Digital Services Department; Wright State University Libraries
Document Type
Image
Media Type
8x10 Print
Permissions
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Date Digital
6-27-2007
Digitization Specification
Epson Expression 10000 XL
Keywords
ms152_217; Whittaker, Wallace S.; Kettering, Charles Franklin, 1876-1958; Rinehart, Howard Max, 1885-1949; Geyer, Harvey D.; Male aircraft industry employees; Aircraft industry; Talbott, Harold E., Jr.; Hunt, J. H.; Hutchinson, R. V.; Dayton-Wright Racer; Dayton-Wright RB-1; Airplane factories; Jacobs, James M.; Aircraft industry--Employees; Whelan, Bernard L., 1890-1983; Midgley, Thomas; Jr.; Baumann, Milton C.; Williams, G. M.; Henry, J. P.
