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Award presentation in honor of George B. Cook

  • Circa 1963

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Award presentation in honor of George B. Cook, the first chemist to join the Naval Aircraft factory in 1922. The individuals in the photograph are identified as follows (from left): Jack Smith (Laboratory Supervisor); Dr. G.K. Holmes (Division Superintendent); Mr. Cook; J. Hartley Bowen, Jr. (Technical Director, Aeronautical Materials Laboratory).

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  • 8 in. H x 10.5 in. W
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  • (On verso) "Photo approx1963, Mr. Bowen's office Building 600, Aero Materials Lab. Naval Air Eng Center"
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  • Box 1

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United States. Navy, and Naval Air Engineering Center (U.S.). “Award Presentation in Honor of George B. Cook,” circa 1963. Photographs from the Papers of J. Hartley Bowen, Box 1. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/gx41mh89h.

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