cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3822
title: Indian camp on a river with a flag in the background, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an Indian camp on a river with a flag in the background, ca.1900. Two large teepees stand by the banks of the river, each held up by long sticks. A tangle of brush surrounds them, and makes up most of the background. An American flag flies in the distance, next to a set of more modern house-like structures.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3821
title: Indian camp with women and children in blankets and a horseback rider, McKay Creek, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an Indian camp with women and children in blankets and a horseback rider, McKay Creek, ca.1900. Several women and children sit or stand at left, bundled in thick wraps. A person on horseback stands beside them, and behind him stands a large teepee held up by long sticks. A smaller tent can be seen at right, beneath the shade of a tall tree. The background is arborous, while a bed of grass smoothes out the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10945
title: Lear Research and Development Division machinist at work, September 1950

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".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10946
title: Lear Research and Development Division assemblers at work, September 1950

description: Photograph of Lear Research and Development Division assemblers at work, September 1950. A man in glasses kneels in the foreground beside a machine on an elevated platform. Behind him, an assortment of devices sit on a long desk. Further down, another man can be seen sitting on a stool before the desk, with a notebook in his hands.; Photoprint reads: "Assembling an engineering model of a light weight auxiliary power unit. Commercial porduct development is an important part of R&D's program".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10947
title: Close-up of a woman working at the Lear Corporation, September 1950

description: Photograph of a close-up of a woman working at the Lear Corporation, September 1950. A woman appears at right, looking through what appears to be a large magnifying lens, where her hand can be seen adjusting a small device.; Photoprint reads: "Lear, Inc. 3171 S. Bundy Drive, Santa Monica, California. Hair line precision to tolerances of a millionth of an ince helps add to safer, more accurate aircraft flying. This photo shows a Lear employee, with the help of a fixed magnifying glass, slotting a commutator, which will later be used as an intergated part of a complete aircraft automatic stabilization system. Such a system automatically flies the airplane instantaneously compensating for any deviation in the airplane attitude" as well as "Photo number 5".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10948
title: Four Lear Corporation Research and Development Division workers at work, September 1950

description: Photograph of four Lear Corporation Research and Development Division workers at work, September 1950. Four men gather around a table, and appear to examine a single device. The man in the middle sits, and holds the device in his left hand, while the other three bend slightly to look at it. The man at right points a pencil, gesturing towards the machine bit. On the desk, what appears to be a day calendar sits beside a pen holder and other papers.; Photoprint indentifies the men in the photo from lef to right as: David J. Green; Charles J. Breitwieser, Kenneth M. Miller, and H. Nils Eklund.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10949
title: Four Lear Corporation Research and Development Division workers examining a component, September 1950

description: Photograph of four Lear Corporation Research and Development Division workers at work, September 1950. Four men gather around a table, and appear to examine a single device. The man in the middle sits, and holds the device in his left hand, while the other three bend slightly to look at it. The man at right points a pencil, gesturing towards the machine bit. On the desk, what appears to be a day calendar sits beside a pen holder and other papers.; Photoprint identifies the men in the image from left to right as: David J. Green, Charles J. Breitwieser, Kenneth M. Miller, and H. Nils Eklund.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10954
title: Four men working inside the Lockheed Corporation plant, ca.1945

description: Photograph of four men working inside the Lockheed Corporation plant, ca.1945. Four men work on a metal wall with many components, at left. One man crouches in the foreground, wearing a jacket with the "Lockheed" label at the back, while a man in a dark shirt stands behind him. Further down, a man stands on a box to fix something on a higher level, while another man bends as though looking for something in the background behind him.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13872
title: Two pieces of Sioux Indian bead work on display, ca.1900

description: Photograph of two pieces of Sioux Indian bead work on display, ca.1900. They are both containers of some sort -- possibly shoes or papoose carriers. One has a checkered pattern.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10958
title: Technicians of the Lockheed Corporation's Missile Systems Division, ca.1950

description: Photograph of technicians of the Lockheed Corporation's Missile Systems Division, ca.1950. Two men stand on either side of a large rounded device on wheels. Each man wears a pair of goggles and the man at left peers into an extension of the device, at right.  In the background, what appears to be a wooden set of stands can be seen.; Photoprint reads: "Van Nuys, California. Lockheed Missile Systems Division technicians are shown operating co.is solar funace which is used to test head-resistance qualities of material used in missiles. The solar furnace, actually a converted 60" anti-aircraft searchlight, gathers the sun's rays and by focusing them on a small area can raise temperatures to 5500 degrees Farenheit in a few seconds. High speed cameras are attached to photograph the progress of the test as they are underway".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10960
title: Technicians at work at the Lockheed Corporation's Missile Systems Division, ca.1950

description: Photograph of technicians at work at the Lockheed Corporation's Missile Systems Division, ca.1950. A man stands in the foreground, leaning against a large squared machine and reading the etchings it makes on what appears to be a large paper surface. In the background, three men stand facing a wall of assorted machinery.; Photoprint reads: "Van Nuys California. Electronic telemetering equipment transforms a cacophony of sound into significant mathematical quantities. The sounds are transmitted from a vehicle in flight and recorded by a ground monitoring station. Recordings are run through electronic data reduction gear, shown in background and reproduced on IBM punched cards. Plotter, foreground, produces graphs for missile performance study and analyses by division researchers".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10965
title: Douglas World Cruisers being constructed at the Douglas Company's Santa Monica Plant, ca.1925

description: Photograph of Douglas World Cruisers being constructed at the Douglas Company's Santa Monica Plant, ca.1925. The inner machinations of several cruisers can be seen facing the left, while a hook on a chain suspends from the ceiling in the background, across from two bright openings in a wall.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10967
title: Interior of the Northrop Corporation's Hawthorne plant, where the Snark Missile was being constructed, ca.1950

description: Photograph of the interior of the Northrop Corporation's Hawthorne plant, where the Snark Missile was being constructed, ca.1950. A man in the foreground stands reading a text printout from a tall machine with several meters on it. A wall of machinery leads to several other men further down, engaged in different tasks.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10972
title: Interior of the Northrop Corporation's Plant, ca.1950

description: Photograph of the interior of the Northrop Corporation's Plant, ca.1950. Several men in white lab coats stand around the work area, with a man in the central foreground examining a piece of machinery. In the background, at left, a man faces away from a sign that reads "T-59", while other men engage in different activities on the other side.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10974
title: Interior of the Northrop Corporation's Plant, showing the "missile mission" simulator, ca.1950

description: Photograph of the interior of the Northrop Corporation's Plant, showing the "missile mission" simulator, ca.1950. A man in a suit stands before a large board, and connects wires from one point to another.; Photoprint reads: "Four plastic panels mounted across the back of 'Mimi', Northrop Aircraft's 'missile mission simulator, serve as a terminal board interconnecting all the units of the guidance system undergoing test. Each terminal connected in the system is a numbered test jack used to quickly pinpoint trouble spots during the rigourous examination. Here Frank De Barry, Northrop test fixture engineer, arranges patch cables to connect metering on the front panel to various test jacks on the terminal board. Signals are recorded on oscillographs and voltages are measures on meters at each check point to determine the accuracy of any segment of the system. From: Public Relations Division. Northrop Aircraft, Inc. Hawthorne, California".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10975
title: Interior of the Northrop Corporation's Plant, showing a 54-ton machine, part of the "U.S. Air Force's long range plans to obtain advanced weapons systems economically", ca.1950

description: Photograph of the interior of the Northrop Corporation's Plant, showing a 54-ton machine, part of the "U.S. Air Force's long range plans to obtain advanced weapons systems economically", ca.1950. A man in a lab coat stands with his back turned atop a metal platform, with his left hand busy with what appears to be the control box of a large piece of machinery. The machine appears at right, and bears the words "Kearney & Trecker Milwaukee".; Photoprint reads: "The Machine ... This 54-ton giant, massive in appearance and construction, is controlled by a thin, one-inch wide tape as it performs intricate and close tolerance cuts on complex production parts. The new tool system is parat of the U.S. Air Force's long rance plans to obtainadvanced weapons systems economically. It manufacutres high precision parts in the one continuous operation which formerly require many set-ups and costly templates. Several mechanical innovations are incorporated in the new machine, manufactured by the Kearney and Trecker Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. From: Public Relations. Northrop Aircraft, Inc. Hawthorne, California".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10976
title: Man and woman in the cockpit of a North American T-2813 Trainer plane, September 1953

description: Photograph of a man and woman in the cockpit of a North American T-2813 Trainer plane, September 1953. A man sits beside a woman inside an open cockpit, and both examine a small square device. The man wears a tie over a light shirt, while the woman wears her hair short or pinned back and light-colored garb. Photoprint reads: "H.M. Smith, engineer, Pat Lucas cheese cake device (?) display midget inter communication device for military aircraft, built for T-2813 trainer. From North American".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10977
title: Technician balancing Hughes Aircraft Company's "Digitair", the first airborne digital computer, ca.1950

description: Photograph of Hughes Aircraft Company's "Digitair", the first airborne digital computer, ca.1950. A man in a lab coat and santitation hat looks through a magnifying lens set on his glasses as he tinkers with a spherical computer.; Photoprint reads "Up in the Air this Brain is on Firm Ground. In a dust-free assembly area of El Segundo, California plant this technician balances memory drum of Hughes Aircraft Company's Digitair, first airborne digital computer to go into actual production, as it rotates on jets of air. Computer will see service in Air Force all-weather jet interceptors, fly them automatically through entire supersonic combat from take-off to touchdown, freeing the pilot for tactical decisions".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10978
title: Woman with Hughes Aircraft Company's manufactured silicon semiconductors, ca.1950

description: Photograph of a woman with Hughes Aircraft Company's manufactured silicon semiconductors, ca.1950. A woman with a mask stands left of a silicon semiconductor, which appears to be a lit tube with coiling around it. More machinery can be seen in the background.; Photoprint reads: "Fiery Furnace -- Technician Majorie Johnson watches molten ladle of silicon in electric furnace during first stage of semiconductor manufacture at Hughes Aircraft Company plant in Los Angeles. Perfect silicon crystals, drawn from molten mass shown, are vital 'heart' of Hughes silicon semiconductors. Company is one of the world's largest manufacturers of semiconductors, tiny replacements for vacuum tubes in electronic circuitry".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m16569
title: Collection of thirteen pieces of Navajo Indian silver jewelry on display, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a collection of thirteen pieces of Navajo Indian silver jewelry on display, ca.1900. Included are pins, belt buckles, earrings, and a necklace. Shapes and patterns include: stars, swastikas, leaves, crosses, etc. A tag on the necklace reads: "203". A tag between a belt buckle and a pendant(?) or brooch(?) reads: "79, mka". One unidentified piece is engraved "Navajo".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14353
title: Honolulu and Bay from Punch Bowl, Hawaii, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of Honolulu and Bay from Punch Bowl, Hawaii, [s.d.]. Several ships are in the bay near the shore across the background. Trees surround the small houses in the foreground as well as the large buildings and churches at center.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11005
title: Man assembling part of an aircraft, ca.1940

description: Photograph of a man assembling part of an aircraft, ca.1940. A man crouches down, at right, attaching a small wheel to an aircraft, which can be seen at left. A wrench and other tools can be seen on the floor beside him.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11014
title: Scientists in a Lockheed Lab with an "environmental testing apparatus", ca.1940

description: Photograph of scientists in a Lockheed Lab with an "environmental testing apparatus", ca.1940. A man stands beside a glass window at left, while another man across him writes something onto a piece of paper on a clipboard. The man writing stands beside a machine which appears to scratch test results onto a paper. Several other machines are visible behind it.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11015
title: Large group of male students in a theory class on aeronautics, ca.1940

description: Photograph of a large group of male students in a theory class on aeronautics, ca.1940. A class halts momentarily, and rows of male students turn in their seats to look back at the camera, as does the teacher, who stands in the background under a drawing of an airplane. A row of more male students stands against the blinds on a windowed wall, at right. Several rounded lamps dangle down from the ceiling.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10941
title: Interior of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation airplane factory in Buffalo, NY, ca.1940

description: Photograph of the interior of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation airplane factory in Buffalo, NY, ca.1940. Several men stand around a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk plane under construction in the foreground, with one man seated at the cockpit. Several other planes stand behind the first, and another row can be seen at left. Rows of airplane parts can be seen in the background. Photoprint reads: "North American P-51A's or P-40's ?". Note: Originally, the photograph was captioned as, "Interior of the North American Aviation airplane factory, ca.1940"; however, all the planes the photograph features are the P-40s, and all the P-40s ever produced were built at the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, New York.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10943
title: Interior of the North American Aviation airplane factory, September 1937

description: Photograph of the interior of the North American Aviation airplane factory, September 1937. Several desks sit in the foreground, with an assortment of office supplies on their smooth surfaces. More desk areas appear in a segregated area, at left, lined with wire fencing and strewn with overhead lighting. In the distance, at right, rows of indiscernible items can be seen.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10953
title: Interior of the Lockheed Corporation plant, showing the manufacture of Super Constellation airplanes, ca.1950

description: Photograph of the interior of the Lockheed Corporation plant, showing the manufacture of Super Constellation airplanes, ca.1950. A large plane sits in the foreground, at left, and several men stand beneath it, while two others can be seen inside its door and on its wing. Several ladders lead up to different points on the plane, and a row of other aircrafts can be seen behind it.; Photoprint reads: "Super constellations take shape -- here is first super constellations production line photo, showing five of Lockheed aircraft corporation's new, larger transports streaming down final assembly hangar at Burbank, California. Wings, engines, tail assembly, landing gear and interior fittings are installed on this line. First of 113-foot-long luxury liners, designed for 88 passengers, is timed for delivery (to eastern air lines) in November, regular service on east coast in December. Military and airline orders for super constellations total nearly quarter-billion dollars".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10957
title: Interior view of the Lockheed Corporation plant, ca.1940

description: Photograph of an interior view of the Lockheed Corporation plant, ca.1940. Planes in the foreground face vertically, with their cockpits toward the camera, whereas planes in the back stand in two rows, facing each other horizontally. A thin walkway lined with painted boundaries cuts through center, and several men can be seen on it in the background. Two plastic(?) egg-like devices can be seen right of the walkway, beside what appears to be an area full of plane parts.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10962
title: Douglas DC-2 plane at Los Angeles Harbor ready for shipment to Australia, 1937

description: Photograph of a Douglas DC-2 plane at Los Angeles Harbor ready for shipment to Australia, 1937. A plane with a covered tail sits on a floating platform facing right. The plane's registration number "VH-UYB" is visible on its side. A small barge can be seen beside it, at left, bearing the words "Case Construction Company Inc." on its side, while another larger boat appears at right, beside a building that reads "N.Y.K. Line".; "This DC-2 was imported new for Australian National Airways, Ltd. in 1937, who named it "Pengana".   Although it had a mishap in 1939 (it crashed into the Cooks River after overrunning the runway at Mascot Airport in September of 1939), VH-UYB went on to serve faithfully (mainly on the Adelaide - Melbourne route) until it was broken up in January 1948" -- unknow author. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/VH-UYB.html; Compares to CHS-48814 (record ID chs-m24437)
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10963
title: Interior of the Douglas Company's Santa Monica Plant, showing wing sections for bombers, ca.1940

description: Photograph of the interior of the Douglas Company's Santa Monica Plant, showing wing sections for bombers, ca.1940. Several men gather around a line of plane wings, with one man sticking his head into a hole (for bombing purposes?) in the first wing. Each wing is set atop a platform made of wood and metal, and a man crouches by a device on the floor propped against one of these, at left. A path lined with stripes of paint appears at right, and the lights from lamps shine overhead.; Photoprint reads: "Wing sections for swift and formidable attack-bombers moving down production lines of the Douglas Company's huge Santa Monica plant".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10964
title: Interior of the Douglas Company's Santa Monica Plant, ca.1920

description: Photograph of the interior of the Douglas Company's Santa Monica Plant, ca.1920. An assortment of what appear to be airplane parts sit in the foreground, and an area lined with large boxes can be seen at right. Several beams, which hold up the ceiling, stand at left, and a stair leading to a higher level appears behind them. In the distance, more machinery can be seen bathed in light from the outdoors.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m16570
title: Two Alaska Iroquois Indian masks on display, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a two Alaska Iroquois Indian masks on display, ca.1900. Both are probably constructed from carved wood and have natural looking hair on top of their heads. The one at left has round disc-like eyes and rounded teeth in a horizontal mouth. The one at right has squared teeth in a broadly grinning mouth.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10968
title: Interior portion of the Northrop Corporation's Hawthorne plant, where the Snark Missile was being constructed, ca.1950

description: Photograph of an interior portion of the Northrop Corporation's Hawthorne plant, where the Snark Missile was being constructed, ca.1950. Rows of missile? parts stand in the foreground, and others can be seen leading into the background. A man stands beside the exposed wiring of such a device, at center, while another can be seen working on a dark-colored piece in the middle of the short. The wall of the plant appears at right, and what appears to be a fire exit can be seen in the corner, at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10971
title: Workers lowering machinery inside the Northrop Corporation's Plant, ca.1950

description: Photograph of workers lowering machinery inside the Northrop Corporation's Plant, ca.1950. A man stands at center, left of a device that is being lowered to the ground with the aid of a pulley. Part of another man standing beside him can be seen at left, while the back of another man can be seen by the machinery in the background, at right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10981
title: Unfinished planes at Kinner Aircraft Company's plant, ca.1930

description: Photograph of Kinner Aircraft Company's plant, ca.1930. Several men stand around three airplanes yet under construction, each plane stamped with the "InneR" logo. A man at left stands beside a wheeled device bearing the same logo, and across him, a man in coveralls stands on the wing of the first airplane. Men in different working positions stand around the area, while light from two openings in the roof can be seen behind them.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10982
title: Timm Aircraft Company manufacturing plant, ca.1930

description: Photograph of Timm Aircraft Company's plant, ca.1930. Rows of what appear to be the inner structure of several planes stand at center. A few men in coveralls can be seen standing amidst them further down.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10983
title: Vultee Aircraft Company's plant, showing a production line of U.S. Army Air Corps Valiant Basic Trainers (BT-13's), ca.1940-1945

description: Photograph of the Vultee Aircraft Company's plant, showing a production line of U.S. Army Air Corps Valiant Basic Trainers (BT-13's), ca.1940-1945. A row of planes being put together stands at center, with each plane facing left. Several men work on each piece, while others stand and watch. Part of a cockpit can be seen at left of center, in the foreground, while other planes can be seen in another area of the plant, at right.