Aircraft Propeller Maintenance
Dateca. 1942
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions6 3/16 × 8 7/8 in. (15.7 × 22.5 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy
Object numberPA1982.180.993
DescriptionThis image depicts three men working on a large airplane propeller inside a hanger on the Albuquerque Army Air Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Two of the men, the ones closest to the camera, are wearing light colored U.S. Army uniforms. The third man, on the opposite side of the propeller, is dressed in a sweater vest over a dark colored collared shirt, a dark colored stripped tie, and dark colored pants. The soldier on the left side of the frame is holding an unidentified tool up to the base of the propeller while the man behind the propeller is gesturing to something near the top of the propeller. The propeller itself is sitting on a large dark colored metal table. Its blades are chrome.The back of this photograph is stamped with the words "Official U.S. Army Air Corps Photograph" and "Photographic Section. Air Depot Training Station. Albuquerque, N.M".
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Locale
ca. 1942
October 1943
ca. 1940
