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Metadata
Object Name |
Airframe part |
Date |
1942-1944 ca |
Maker |
Saranac Lake, NY: Gladd Brothers Company |
Material |
Aluminum |
Description |
Strut, part of the airframe. Painted baby blue for purposes of display. Made of aluminum. Long tube with peeling paint. Rivets at both ends and around center. The airframe consists of the fuselage, wings and undercarriage. The strut is the support for the wings. |
Notes |
Items donated were manufactured in the Gladd Brothers Company of Saranac Lake, NY between 1942 and 1944. The business started as a boat business in 1928, but quickly expanded and took on the franchise for Ford, Lincoln and Mercury Cars. During World War II, they operated a defense plant employing more than 200 workers, giving Saranac Lake one of the biggest payrolls ever known from its private industry. The Gladd Brothers sold the business in 1949. |
Dimensions |
W-2.5 L-49.25 inches |
Collection |
TRAN10 |
Catalog Number |
1994.032.0002A |
Imagefile |
078\1994.032.0002a.JPG |
Species |
Airframe part |
Owned by |
Gladd Family |
Credit line |
Gift of William Gladd |