Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1900.331.003 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
05/18/1945 |
Description |
Black & white photograph measuring 8" x 10" and depicting the dedication ceremony for the one-thousandth A-26 Invader manufactured at Douglas Aircraft Company in Tulsa, OK. The image features Osage Chief Fred Lookout (left) and Douglas plant manager W. G. Jerrems. During the dedication, Lookout christened the A-26 with crude oil from one of his own oil wells. The A-26 was named "Wa-Ko-Tha-Tonka," or "Menace to the Enemy." |
Search Terms |
World War II airplanes Native Americans A-26 Invader Douglas Aircraft Company bomber plants Osage Indians |
People |
Lookout, Fred Jerrems, W. G. |
Place |
Tulsa, OK |