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[Assembly Plant 1]
Stamped on back: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated, Bristol, Penn." -
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[Plant 1 Assembly riveter]
"Eljay #17" written on front. -
[Fleetwings’ assembly lines triple production]
On back of photograph: "Neat, efficient, well-lighted final-assembly lines at Fleetwings, Inc., aircraft and aircraft parts manufacturers of Bristol, PA., help speed production of thousands of aircraft parts that the company is building for major military plane manufacturers. Automotive-like assembly methods have tripled output of fins, elevators, stabilizers, and other airplane control surfaces. Credit Courtesy of Fleetwings, Inc." -
[Rivet preparation]
On back of photograph: "Here the frame of the fin is 'dimpled,' i.e., the rivet holes are counter sunk so that the rivets will be flush with the surface skin and thus make for a smooth-flowing finished job. While this man 'dimples' the frame with a portable tool, his partner completes the same operation, by means of a press, on the skin, or metal sheets. Credit Courtesy of Fleetwings, Inc." -
[Spot-welder]
On back of photograph: "Spot-welding a stainless-steel aircraft surface by means of post-type spot-welder, designed and built at Fleetwings, Inc. Bristol, Penna." -
[U.S. Army Douglas Dolphin Amphibian Model OA4A]
On back of photograph: "First Gov’t aircraft to have stainless steel wings. Designed, mfg. and installed by Fleetwings Inc., Bristol, PA."
Stamped on back of photograph: "From the collection of Henry A. Liese." -
[Tools used in assembly]
Woman unidentified. -
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[Keystone bomber LB-10, Keystone Aircraft Corp., Bristol, PA]
Twin engine, single rudder bomber, U.S. Army.
Stamped on back of photograph: "From the collection of Henry A. Liese." -
[Keystone bomber LB-10, Keystone Aircraft Corp., Bristol, PA]
Twin engine, single rudder bomber, U.S. Army.
Stamped on back of photograph: "From the collection of Henry A. Liese." -
[Bill Engle, chief test pilot (in dark trousers), standing in front of the Seabird at Fleetwings]
Stamped on back: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated, Bristol, Penna." -
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[Keystone Bomber used for advertising]
Lights under lower wing, which was extended to accommodate "billboard" information.
Stamped on back of photograph: "From the collection of Henry A. Liese." -
[Fleetwings factory aerial photograph]
Fleetwings Aircraft on Radcliffe Street at the top of the photograph. The bottom of the photograph shows the small business district on Farragut Avenue in the Harriman section.
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[Seabird Plane]
Amphibian plane built at Fleetwings in Bristol in 1936.
Printed 1986 -
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[Fleetwings BT-12 Basic Training Plane of stainless steel for the U.S. Air Corps in production at the Bristol, PA plant]
Stamped on back of photograph: "From the collection of Henry A. Liese." -
[Keystone Patrician plane with National Aviation Reserve members]
On back of photograph: "Largest, Fastest, Safest 20 Passenger Air Liner of its day. 11-22-19 Mfg. by Keystone Aircraft Co. Bristol PA. Shown is the National Aviation Reserve, Queens Unit No. 1 of the National Aviation Reserve Assn., Jamaica, NY."
Stamped on back of photograph: "From the collection of Henry A. Liese." -
[Type OA-2, US Army Air Corps]
Color- Army Standard, Hull Olive Drab, Wings- yellow. Power Unit-Wright, “Tornado” 480 HP Inverted “V” type Air Cooley. -
[Type U.S. Navy Training Plane Keystone Pup]
Color- Fuselage Navy Orange (?)- Wings Navy Orange (?). Power Unit- Wright Whirlwind (?). -
[Twin Engine Navy Patrol Flying Boat making first test flight passing Fleetwings, Inc. sea-plane ramp]
On back of photograph: "Plane Mfg. by Hall-Aluminum Aircraft Corp. Co. 1939."
Stamped on back of photograph: "From the collection of Henry A. Liese." -
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"Fleetwing's Plant #3--in 1940's"
Front reads: "Formerly the 'Corona Leather Works.' Now Keystone Lighting Co. Beaver Street and Route 13 across from De Grand Diner. Established 1889 by Boston capitalist one year before Steel Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry (1890). Please note chimney and water tanks which are no longer there."
Clifford Anderson was transferred to Bristol from Massachusetts in 1889 to establish the Corona Leather Works in this building. In 1906, the Bristol plant broke from the Boston firm and the Bristol Patent Leather Works was formed. Anderson became its first president. He was also president of the Bristol Trust Company and on the board of directors of the Farmers National Bank. Anderson was Burgess of Bristol from 1917-1943. His home at 1002 Radcliffe Street is now the Wade Funeral Home. -
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[BT-12 plane with pilot]
"Made parts for these planes" written on back of photograph. -
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Postcard: "Fleetwings #2, Bristol, PA"
Personal inscription on the back. Addressed to "Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lohner, 6833 McPheson Blvd, E.E. Pittsburgh, Penna."
Inscription reads: "Dearest Honey Chiler, [sic] We arrived one hr. late after a very disagreeable trip. It was so foggy we couldn't see the hills part of the way. Having a swell time today, we have the car. Dady [sic] and Aunt A. are out now. The dear old Del. River is just a beautiful as ever. See you Friday. Love, Mother."
Mailed from Bristol, September 29, 1944. Printed by the Mayrose Co. publishers, NY. -
Postcard: "Fleetwings Aircraft Factory, Bristol, PA"
Blank on back. Pubished by Nichols Photo Service, Bristol, PA. -
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[Aircraft plant and field on Green Lane]
This was one of three locations for the factory. It later became the 3-M Plant, part of Minnesota, Mining & Manufacturing makers of "Scotch Tape." The main office and plant were on Radcliffe Street in the former shipyard location. -
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[Baldwin Southwark Press, 2500 ton. Plant 1 when Kaiser moved in to make automobile parts]
Stamped on back: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated, Bristol, Penna." -
[Women riveters in Plant 1 assembly line]
Handwritten on back of photograph: "Tool being used too large to be representative of the weight of the ones commonly used, such as drill motor-rivet gun etc."
Hydraulic punch to make rivet holes (working on elevator). -
[Inspection, Plant 1]
Typed on back of photograph: "Pneumatic punch press for punching holes for inspection doors, a Fleetwings development that is 300% faster than previous method." -
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[Tool Engineering Department]
Written on back of photograph: "second from right--'Slim' Titus."
Stamped on back: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated, Bristol, Penna." -
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[From left: Russell Stanton (Union President), Bill Engle (Test Pilot), Alfred Ziegler (shop foreman and most senior employee), and unidentified secretary in front of the F5 Seabird]
Stamped on back: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated, Bristol, Penna." -
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[Planning Department, Plant 1]
On back of photograph: "Lofting process, make one part and put it on a wall; then take to the tool and dye department." Also written on back of photograph: "They're writing on wall."
Men unidentified. -
Postcard: "Grundy Textile Mill, Bristol, PA"
On back: “Photo-Tone” Pub. By Nichols Photo Service Bristol PA. -
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"3373--Administration Bldg., Merchants Ship Building Corp., Harriman, PA."
Shipyard building faced Farragut Avenue at Monroe Street, opposite the Commissary building -
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