Company Name:

General Dynamics Corp.  Search this

Related companies:

Canadair Ltd. (div.) ; Electric Boat Div. ; General Atomic (div.) ; Electro Dynamic (div.) ; Convair (div.) ; Liquid Carbonic Div. ; Gulf General Atomic Inc. ; Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp. (San Diego, CA) ; Electric Boat Co., New London Ship & Engine Works ; Stromberg-Carlson  Search this

Notes content:

One piece OVERSIZE ; Boilers ; "Nelseco" diesel engines ; "Magneform" metal-forming machines ; "Magneform" metal-forming machines that swages, forms, blanks, shears, coins and assembles electromagnetically ; custom gas mixtures ; "Liqui-Lab" gas apparatus ; CO2 for the meat processing industry ; "Canadair Dynatrac" utility vehicles for the military ; "Canadair Fisher" all terrain vehicles ; "Convair-Liner" air liners (press book w/ numerous pictures) ; submarines ; research submarines ; motors, M.G. sets, gear-ed-motors, adjustable speed drives ; "Domains" deep ocean manned instrumented station ; annual report 1958 ; press releases ; "General Dynamics was officially established February 21, 1952, although it has organizational roots dating back to the late 1800s. The company was formed after its predecessor and current operating division, Electric Boat, acquired the aircraft company Canadair Ltd. and began building the first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus." Source: http://www.generaldynamics.com/ on 1/10/06 ; includes oversized history: "Dynamic America" (1960)

Includes:

Trade catalog, photographs and histories

Black and white images

Color images

Physical description:

80 pieces; 2 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Falls Church, Virginia, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this

Aviation (aircraft; balloons; etc.)  Search this

Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies)  Search this

Business services (advertising; marketing; organizational management; etc.)  Search this

Foods and beverage products and processing equipment (including brewing; distilleries; beer; wine; etc.)  Search this

Fuel (includes oil; petroleum; gas; coal; etc.)  Search this

Furnaces and boilers  Search this

Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this

Machine tools and metalworking equipment  Search this

Military equipment and supplies (including uniforms)  Search this

Topic:

"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

Advertising  Search this

Aeronautics  Search this

Airplanes  Search this

Airships  Search this

Armed Forces -- Equipment  Search this

Automobiles  Search this

Balloons  Search this

Beverage industry  Search this

Boats and boating  Search this

Boilers  Search this

Business  Search this

Coal  Search this

Commerce  Search this

Distilleries  Search this

Food industry and trade  Search this

Fuel  Search this

Furnaces  Search this

Machine-tools  Search this

Marine machinery  Search this

Marketing  Search this

Metal-working machinery  Search this

Military supplies  Search this

Military uniforms  Search this

Motor vehicles  Search this

Petroleum  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_18073

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_18073