Lockheed vintage colour archives, Burbank, XF-90, P-80R...

[bercr]

I have a fascination whith photos taken by the aircraft manufacturers during the 40's and the beginning of the 50's, particularly with colour ones, and I have a few questions about Lockheed.
- what was the proportion of Lockheed pictures that were taken in color at this time (between 1944 and 1950) ? Some books, like those of Bill Yenne about Lockheed or Warren Bodie about the P-38 have beautiful color photographs taken at that time, or even earlier.
- what happened to all the original negatives (BW or colour) ? It seems that access to these documents is almost impossible, even by professional historians, why? I don't even know if they are classified and referenced by Lockheed, or if they are in some dusty boxes that everyone has forgotten at Lockheed ?
- when Lockheed closed Burbank plant, what became photos and negatives stored in the plazt ?
- I wonder if there is somewhere a myriad of colour negatives on the XF-90, P-80 and P-80R, Constitution, that will one day be accessible ?
Thanks...

[bercr]

Nobody knows ?

A few colour photos that seem to date from yesterday, but it's Constellation, not XF-90 nor P-80R...

http://www.aussieairliners.org/l-1049os ... /line.html

[Jerry O'Neill]

You might try the Smithsonian archives. They have a lot of color images that were given to them.
Jerry

[bercr]

Thanks Jerry

[Chappie]

Jerry,

Do they have an online searchable archives? The only dealings I've had with NASM is getting photos of Greenamyer's Bearcat as it looks at Udvar-Hazy.


Chappie