Major Chuck Yeager exiting a YC-131C Convair aircraft

Photograph of Chuck Yeager exiting a YC-131C Convair aircraft in April 1954. J.T. Crosby stands next to him on the aircraft steps.
Date: April 23, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

New Convair Billboard

Photograph of the new Convair sign on billboard at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation.
Date: March 8, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

New Convair Billboard

Photograph of the new Convair sign on billboard at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation.
Date: March 8, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Four Woman having lunch while watching the orchestra

Photograph of four women employees seated on the floor having lunch as they watch the orchestra at Lockheed Martin.
Date: May 4, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

View of Frankie Masters' Orchestra and crowd from first floor

Photograph of a large crowd at Lockheed Martin warehouse gathered to see the Frankie Masters' Orchestra on May 4, 1945. The stage is in the center flanked by two large American flags.
Date: May 4, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Frankie Masters' orchestra and singing quartet at Lockheed Martin performance

Frankie Masters' with a female singing quartet at the mike. His orchestra plays in the background.
Date: May 4, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Frankie Masters signing War Bond at Lockheed Martin performance

Photograph of orchestra leader, Frankie Masters, signing a War Bond while four women watch on May 4, 1945.
Date: May 4, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

B-32 on monorail

Photograph of a B-32 hanging on a monorail at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas in 1945, This aircraft is no. 100 and has the name "Tokyo Express". It does not have any engines or a nose yet.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

B-32 being carried by a monorail

Photograph of an aircraft under construction. It is being carried by a monorail from above in the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: February 28, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

B-32 Final Assemble Line

Photograph of the B-32 planes in the final phase of the assembly line at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: February 8, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

B-32 Assembly Line - nose and tail section line up

Photograph of the B- 32 tail and nose line up on the assembly line at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth.
Date: February 8, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

B-32 Aircraft outside of the Assembly Line.

Photograph of a B-32 aircraft outside of the assembly line at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas in February 1945. The four large engines on the wings are covered.
Date: February 3, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

B-32 Aircraft outside of the Assembly Line.

Photograph of a B-32 aircraft outside of the assembly line at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas in February 1945. The four large engines on the wings are covered. A man on a bicycle looks at the plane.
Date: February 3, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Couple doing the Jitterbug at Lockheed Martin performance by Frankie Masters' Orchestra

L.D. McCoy and Betty Glaze dancing the Jitterbug to the Frankie Master Orchestra on May 4, 1945. She wears a dress with a belt and decorative buttons and he wears an argyle sweater over a dress-shirt.
Date: May 4, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Outdoor lunchtime picture

Photograph of women employees having lunch outdoors on April 26, 1945. The women are sitting and lying on the grass near some trees on a sunny day.
Date: April 26, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Punching time clock

Photograph of a woman punching her time card in a time clock at Lockheed Martin at 4:19 on March 2, 1945.
Date: March 2, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Woman riveting lower fuselage on a B-32

Photograph of a women using a rivet gun on the lower side of a B-32 fuselage at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: February 1, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Engine Dress Up Line at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation

Photograph of S.O. Woer and M.O. Robertson, workers in Dept. 57, on the engine dress up line. In this room, hanging aircraft engines are assembled and inspected at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas in January 1945.
Date: January 24, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Engine Dress Up Line at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation

Photograph of workers in Dept. 57, the engine dress up line. In this room, hanging aircraft engines are assembled and inspected at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas in January 1945.
Date: January 24, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

B-32 Assembly Line- Tail Groups

Photograph of the "tail groups" in the assembly line of the B-32s at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth Texas in January 1945.
Date: January 25, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hanging Vertical Fin on a B-32

Workers hang a tail fin on a B-32 aircraft at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas in January 1945. Other planes in the assembly line can be seen in the background.
Date: January 25, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

B-32 Assembly

Workers hang engine no. 1 on final assembly of a B-32 at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas on January 25, 1945.
Date: January 25, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

B-32 Assembly Line

B-32 assembly line at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas in January 1945.
Date: January 25, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

B-32 Publicity Exhibit in 1945

Woman looking at six posters mounted on a wall at a Lockheed Martin B-32 publicity exhibit on August 27, 1945.
Date: August 27, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History