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Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Veneers for our combat planes are made from these specially selected logs, stored in the yard of a large Midwest factory. The logs on the right are African mahogany from the British Gold Coast. Those on the left are American poplar. Millions of feet of both species are converted monthly into various thicknesses of aircraft veneers. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. A strip of walnut veneer that will be used in a panel of a combat plane comes from the textile dryer of a Midwest plant. This operation reduces the moisture content to about eight to ten percent. Sheets are stacked in exact sequence just as they come off the knife slicer from the log. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. A strip of walnut veneer that will be used in a panel of a combat plane comes from the textile dryer of a Midwest plant. This operation reduces the moisture content to about eight to ten percent. Sheets are stacked in exact sequence just as they come off the knife slicer from the log. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. A strip of walnut veneer that will be used in a panel of a combat plane comes from the textile dryer of a Midwest plant. This operation reduces the moisture content to about eight to ten percent. Sheets are stacked in exact sequence just as they come off the knife slicer from the log. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. A strip of walnut veneer that will be used in a panel of a combat plane comes from the textile dryer of a Midwest plant. This operation reduces the moisture content to about eight to ten percent. Sheets are stacked in exact sequence just as they come off the knife slicer from the log. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Veneers for our combat planes are made from these specially selected logs, stored in the yard of a large Midwest factory. The logs on the right are African mahogany from the British Gold Coast. Those on the left are American poplar. Millions of feet of both species are converted monthly into various thicknesses of aircraft veneers. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. A walnut half log is bolted on the stay log of a machine that will cut it smoothly and with great precision into veneer for our combat planes. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. A walnut half log is bolted on the stay log of a machine that will cut it smoothly and with great precision into veneer for our combat planes. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Sawmill carriage in a large Midwest veneer plant cuts flitches, or slabs, from an oak log that will be used in making veneer for essential war purposes. The sawyer at the right controls the speed of the carriage and the thickness of the cut. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Veneer panels for our combat planes will be made from this half-round log of walnut being withdrawn from the steaming vat of a Midwest factory. Great care must be taken in this vatting operation to raise various species of wood to the temperatures at which they can be cut smoothly. Louisville, Kentucky

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01/01/1942
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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
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Louisville-Jefferson County ,  38.20924, -85.70385
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kentucky jefferson county louisville safety film negatives louisville jefferson county production veneer aircraft war essentials war essentials panels veneer panels combat planes combat planes half round log half round log walnut vat midwest factory midwest factory great care great care operation species wood temperatures 1940 s 40 s united states history industrial history workers worker library of congress