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as of 12/21/11
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as of 01/27/12
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Historical Information
How DESCO started
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Photo Galleries
DESCO company
photos and photos
from our archives
Commercial Diving Photos supplied by customers
Classic equipment &
hobby diving photos
Photos of helmets from
other manufacturers
Photos of equipment on display in museums and private collections
Photos from some of
our repair projects
Gallery 1
DESCO Photos.
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DESCO's Collection of Stuff
Over the decades we have accumulated a collection of items relating to diving, relating to Milwaukee, relating to history, and some stuff we don't know why we have it. We just completed setting up a new display room. Since we moved to the third floor our display area was next to the lunch table in the office. A unused office was made into the new display room and some other items were placed in the adjacent hall. A few items still reside in the office/lunch area.
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1. Foyer looking into office hallway. 2. The free magazine rack in the foyer. 3. Looking towards the display room & Ric's office from the foyer.
4. Looking into the display room from the foyer. 5. Helmet display. 6. Cabinet with rebreathers and small parts. 7. Cabinet with communications, masks, knives,
and miscellaneous helmet parts. 8. Bookcases with items made by other DESCO's, awards, and miscellaneous items.
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9. looking towards foyer from office. 10. Items by "other DESCO's". 11. Old display area now seating area. 12. Air Hat prototypes in office.
13. View from shop doorway. 14. & 15. WWII sextant made by David White Co. Milwaukee WI.
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16. Life sized gorilla head statuette. 17. Color print of old diving suit designs in Ric's office. 18. Photos and items in Ric's office.
19. Model of DESCO X5 submersible (never built) and book collection. 20. parking sign and photo in seating area. 21. Stained Glass
window of Mark V helmet. 22. Stained Glass window of a lighthouse.
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23. Color print of HMS Black Prince. 24. Wood carving Mark V plaque.
DESCO during World War Two
Our Shop Today
Miscellaneous photos from the filing cabinet
Fishermen & Ship Supply in San Francisco 1947 Northwest Diving Equipment in Seattle. Old DESCO display.
We have several photos of a Detroit diver named William Schwacha. One photo on the back states he was a "Marine Diver (Guadal Canal) sic Commercial and Police Diver.
Mr. Fifield and the Air Hat
We recently had occasion to scan in some photos of the development work done on the Air Hat. Mr. Fifield did some testing in his swimming pool at home. The first series of photos are of testing the air hat itself, and the second series is testing the air hat with a Unisuit.
They also did open water testing in Lake Michigan
