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Re: WWII Company Display



Howdy, Janet:

Would you like CA State Archives to check on any Articles of Incorporation
which might be on file here for this company? Should be no difficulty...

Happy "Monday" (on Tuesday)

Kevin V. Bunker
Student Assistant
CA State Archives
> ----------
> From:         Janet Reinhold[SMTP:futurepkg@MINDSPRING.COM]
> Reply To:     Archives & Archivists
> Sent:         Tuesday, January 16, 2001 10:07 AM
> To:   ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Subject:      WWII Company Display
>
> Hi, Peter, and others?
>
> As a volunteer of our local historical society, I've been charged with
> providing them with a display of the local Nigg Engineering Company
> (Covina
> CA). They've given me a whole lot of old pictures and some company
> newsletters, but I'd like to see if I can find anything more about the
> company. For one thing, no one can identify the photos any more. This
> company began as a small one fabricating machinery for the citrus industry
> here in town, in 1901, and went on to produce WWII stuff like Navy
> amphibian tanks, sub assemblies for Liberty ships, and other parts for
> Allied aircraft.
>
> I noticed your listing of web sites for WWII aviation, and am wondering if
> there is any repository you know about for industry to find out more about
> this particular company. I have some articles from the local newspapers,
> fortunately.
>
> The company also made Service Stations, from the 1920's to WWII, in
> Calif.,
> AZ, NV...it'd be nice to see if any of those were still around. Or indeed,
> if any of the amphibious vehicles were around. I was fortunate to recently
> view the exhibits at New Orleans' new DDay Museum.
>
> I can identify some of the vehicles made by the company.
> Thanks for any help
>
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