Page 20 of 56

Courtyard of the Ford Rotunda Building in Dearborn, Michigan, 1937 (THF99168)

381

 

[Caption on card] "NA-5568 A large, transparent globe showing the earth's land water areas in relief stands in the Pennsylvania Avenue lobby of the National Archives Building. Made by Terr-A-Qua Globes & Maps Co., of Santa Ana, Calif., the globe was contributed to NARS by Dr. Talbert Abrams in honor of Capt. & Mrs. Finn Ronne. The diameter of the globe is 6 1/2 feet. It was presented to NARS October 21, 1969. This picture was made in January 1975. The globe is part of the Center for Polar Archives, which was established in the National Archives in 1967 and which has papers of Capt. Ronne among its holdings."
Still Pictures ID: 64-NA-5568
64-NA-5568_2008

380

 

379

379

3rd April 1933: Women workers attaching strips of map to globes at the Geographia Factory in London. (Photo by Harry Todd)

index-3

378

Artists standing among models of buildings for General Motors’ Futurama, New York World’s Fair 1939-1940 Incorporated records (NYPL Digital records)

index-2

377

Artists carving model mountains for General Motors’ Futurama, New York World’s Fair 1939-1940 Incorporated records (NYPL Digital records)

376

376

Artists painting model buildings for General Motors’ Futurama, New York World’s Fair 1939-1940 Incorporated records (NYPL Digital records)

375

375

Cow being painted with white stripes to increase visibility during wartime blackouts (England, 1940s).

374

374

Japanese model used to plan the attack on Pearl Harbor in September 1941.

373

373

Russ Gerow in the cockpit of the Douglas M-4 belonging to the Continental Air Map Co., Long Beach, CA ca. 1930-33. He constructed a middle cockpit which included…

372

372

A soldier with a Hythe Mk III Gun Camera training at Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, April of 1918. The Mk III, built to match the size, handling, and…