DRAFTSMAN
From 1942 Garé spent the
remaining war years as a draftsman for the
McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Company. They were at
the time building warplanes, and Garé was in the
drafting department, lettering the drafting pages.
This was not exactly a new experience for her, as
she had, as a teenager, often helped her
architect father with drafting work.
A small curiosity: The McDonnell Douglas plant
was situated near the new Disney studios in
Burbank (in fact, the finished planes often
thundered over the studios to their new
destinations to the aggravation of the Disney
staff). When Garé got her employment her future
husband, Carl, had just terminated his employment
at the studios....
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