Pratt & Whitney Machine Tool and Other Connecticut Subjects
PhotographerPhotographed by
Arthur J. Kiely Jr.
(American, 1918 - 2005)
Date1950-1970
MediumPhotograph album; gelatin silver prints on paper in plastic sleeves in looseleaf binder with paper-covered boards, metal spine and clasps
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (album height x width x depth): 11 3/8 x 10 x 1 1/2in. (28.9 x 25.4 x 3.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
Object number2002.53.1.1-.64
DescriptionAlbum containing 64 gelatin silver prints, chiefly of equipment, employees, and products of Pratt & Whitney Machine Tool Company. Machinery includes several views of a Keller machine, used for duplicating parts; a lathe; a drill press; a grinding machine; a milling machine; a laser measuring device; and details of the punch card operating system used in the 1950s and 1960s. Most employees are men, but a few women employees are included. One man is wearing shattered safety glasses. Products include engines, a fuel cell, an aircraft propeller blade, and a bearing. Other subjects, not related to Pratt & Whitney, include a pilot (Dave Kite) in the Air National Guard in the cockpit of an F-94 aircraft; Governor Abraham Ribicoff and others in front of the Connecticut State Capitol; religious subjects staged and photographed at the Hold Family Retreat House in West Hartford; a man filling out a 1955 income tax return; a female medical technician on an airplane during the Vietnam War; several Colt revolvers; and advertising photographs, including a woman wearing a fur stole. Also included are several letters to the photographer, Arthur J. Kiely, and a copy of his resume.
Status
Not on view
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company
Smith-Worthington Saddlery Company
