Glenn L. Martin on assembly line at Hudson Motor Car Company
View of Glenn L. Martin and others on the assembly line with a rear fuselage section at the Hudson Motor Car Company's aircraft division. Label on back: "From autos to aircraft. Glenn L. Martin, pioneer plane designer and president of the Glenn L. Martin Co., Baltimore, is shown on the assembly line in the Hudson Motor Car Company's aircraft division, inspecting a partially completed rear fuselage section. Left to right, A.E. Barit, president of Hudson; J.W. Eskridge, superintendent of Hudson's aircraft division, and Mr. Martin. In the foreground is Capt. Walter R. Godard, resident representative of the Army Air Forces. They are standing on a platform beside one of the many specially constructed jigs in which the huge fuselage sections are being assembled." Handwritten on back: "Aircraft--Bombers (Parts & assembly)."
- Resource ID:
- na032387
- Subject:
- Martin, Glenn L. (Glenn Luther), 1886-1955
- Airplanes--Fuselage
- Airplanes, Military--Design and construction
- Aircraft industry--Employees
- Hudson Motor Car Company
- Automotive Council for War Production--Archives
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1942-1945
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- MS84/Automotive Council for War Production, Aircraft--Bombers (Parts & Assembly), 85:9
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.