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Retirement dinner in honor of George B. Cook

  • 1965-Nov-18

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Retirement dinner in honor of George B. Cook, the first chemist to join the Naval Air Engineering Center's aircraft factory in Philadelphia. Technical Director J. Hartley Bowen, Jr. (center) is seen presenting Mr. Cook with a commemorative fountain pen while Cook's wife looks on.

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  • 8 in. H x 10.5 in. W
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  • Box 1

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United States. Navy, and Naval Air Engineering Center (U.S.). “Retirement Dinner in Honor of George B. Cook,” November 18, 1965. Photographs from the Papers of J. Hartley Bowen, Box 1. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/zw12z533j.

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