| Title |
Wendover Air Base Group |
| Collection |
Mss C 275; Shipler Commercial Photographers Collection |
| Photo Number |
Shipler Panorama #189 |
| Creator |
Shipler Commercial Photographers; Shipler, Harry |
| Publisher |
Utah State Historical Society; Funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities |
| Date of Photograph |
ca. 1945 |
| Date |
1945; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949 |
| Subject |
Panoramas; Armed Forces - Officers; Military uniforms; Military bases; Airplanes; Aeronautics |
| Corporate Name |
United States Air Force |
| Spatial Coverage |
Nevada (Utah); Elko County (Tooele County); Wendover |
| Historic Place Name |
Wendover Air Force Base |
| Description |
Image shows the pilots stationed at the Wendover Air Force Base, posing for a panoramic photograph in front of one of their planes. |
| Comment |
The Wendover Air Force Base was only in active existence from 1941-1947. It was used as an isolated testing and training ground for the Manhattan Project (World War II atomic bomb project). This plane is a B-17E. |
| Rights Management |
Digital Image © 2002 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
| Holding Institution |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Relation |
Shipler Commercial Photographers, Series P |
| File Name |
39222000702808 |
| Source Format |
Panorama Film Negative |
| Source Size |
19.7 inches x 7.62 inches |
| Source Physical Description |
Good condition. |
| Source Donors |
Shipler, William H. |
| Source Donation Date |
1988 |
| Type |
Image |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| Resolution |
TIFF: 800 ppi |
| Bit Depth |
8-bit grayscale |
| Dimensions |
JPEG: 15790 x 6098 pixels |
| Scanning Device |
Creo-Scitex Jazz+ Flatbed Scanner |
| Date Digital |
2002-07-15 |
| Scanned By |
Digital Technologies, Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Collection Information |
http://heritage.utah.gov/apps/history/findaids/C00275/c0275.xml |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6kw5t85 |
| Setname |
dha_scp |
| ID |
530281 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kw5t85 |
