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Copy photo of a group portrait of The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, D. C. Seated around a large conference table are, left to right, Theodore P. Wright, William F. Durand, O. P. Echols, George W. Lewis, Vannevar Bush, Orville Wright, Jerome C. Hunsaker, E. H. Chamberlin, Charles G. Abbot, Edward Warner, Lyman J. Briggs, Ernest M. Pace, F. Reichelderfer, and William A. M. Burden. The room is wood paneled and there are model planes decorating the walls. Original caption: "National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Meeting in Headquarters, 1500 New Hampshire Avenue, Dupont Circle, Washington, D. C., December 17, 1943, Left to right, Dr. Theodore P. Wright, Director, Aircraft Resources Control Office; Dr. William F. Durand; Majo[r] General O. P. Echols, USA, Assistant Chief of Air Staff; Dr. George W. Lewis, Director of Aeronautical Research[;] Dr. Vannevar Bush, Director, Office of Scientific Research and Development; Dr. Orville Wright; Dr. Jerome C. Hunsaker, Chairman; Mr. E. H. Chamberlin, Assistant Secretary; Dr. Charles G. Abbot, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution; Dr. Edward Warner, Vice Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board; Dr. Lyman J. Briggs, Director, National Bureau of Standards; Rear Admiral Ernest M. Pace, USN, Director of Material, Navy Bureau of Aeronautics; Dr. F. Reichelderfer, Chief, United States Weather Bureau; Honorable William A. M. Burden, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce."