The Snapshots in Time Collection

Verso of Convair/General Dynamics Aircraft Photograph, Print Backing with Identification Stamps

Verso of Convair/General Dynamics Aircraft Photograph, Print Backing with Identification Stamps

The reverse side of this archival aircraft photograph bears the official stamp of Convair, a division of General Dynamics Corporation, along with a catalog reference number 'A 841.' Convair, formed from the 1943 merger of Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee Aircraft, became a General Dynamics division in 1954 and was a major U.S. producer of military and commercial aircraft, missiles, and spacecraft through the latter half of the twentieth century. Backing stamps such as this one are essential archival evidence, helping researchers date and attribute photographs even when the original image content is separated from its documentation. Project: 218463