Photograph of the Warner Robins Air Service Command exhibit at the Georgia State Fair, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, 1943 | Ordnance display, 1943
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| Title: | Photograph of the Warner Robins Air Service Command exhibit at the Georgia State Fair, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, 1943 Ordnance display, 1943 |
| Date: | 1943 |
| Description: | A photograph of the Warner Robins Air Service Command exhibit at the Georgia State Fair, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, 1943. Robins Air Force Base is located in Warner Robins, Houston County, Georgia. The exhibit displays military supplies and aircraft parts and has several sections identified by signs, two of which are visible in this photograph: "Depot Supply Division," and "Ordnance Section." There is also a government poster with a picture of a bomber crewman and the slogan, "Keep pitching - We need those planes. U.S. Army Air Forces." A 4,000 pound "block buster" bomb is visible in the foreground. In the background is another row of exhibits. The businesses visible in the photograph are: Slaughter Tire Co., Happ Brothers Company, Burns Brick, Karsten-Denson Co., and Bibb Mattress Co. A project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Middle Georgia Archives as part of Georgia HomePLACE. This project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. |
| Subject: | Georgia State Fair | Robins Air Force Base (Ga.) | Agricultural exhibitions--Georgia--Macon | World War, 1939-1945--Georgia--Macon | World War, 1939-1945--War work--Georgia--Macon | Exhibit booths--Georgia--Macon | Exhibition buildings--Georgia--Macon | Signs and signboards--Georgia--Macon | Logos (Symbols)--Georgia--Macon | Slogans--Georgia--Macon | Air bases--Georgia | United States. Air Force | World War, 1939-1945--United States--Posters | Ordnance--Georgia--Macon | Machine guns--Georgia--Macon | Airplanes, Military--Armament | Military supplies | Bombs--Georgia--Macon | Ammunition | Tires--Georgia--Macon | Bricks--Georgia--Macon | Inflatable boats--Georgia--Macon | Propellers, Aerial--Georgia--Macon | Life preservers--Georgia--Macon | Rafts--Georgia--Macon | Business enterprises--Georgia--Macon | Macon (Ga.)--Social life and customs--20th century | Slaughter Tire Company | Happ Brothers Company | Burns Brick | Karsten-Denson Company | Bibb Mattress Company | Macon (Ga.) | Bibb County (Ga.) | Black-and-white photographs |
| Contributor: | Middle Georgia Archives | Digital Library of Georgia |
| Online publisher: | [Athens, Ga.] : Digital Library of Georgia |
| Original material: | Photograph held by the Middle Georgia Archives, Washington Memorial Library, Georgia State Fair Records, 1906-, box 12, folder 102, photograph "Ordnance Display 1943." |
| Rights and usage: | Please consult the Middle Georgia Archives re: reproduction and usage. Cite as: [title of item], Georgia State Fair Records, 1906-, Middle Georgia Archives, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia. |
| Persistent link to item: | http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/gastatefair/id:gsf039 |
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