Bob, If, indeed, a Patent was applied for, there may well be a paper trail of patent application documentation. If a Patent was issued, then that will be available. I do not know if the Patent Office keeps records of applications for which no patent was ever issued. ou will have to check with the Patent Office.
Too, If Randolph Air Force Base is anything like other military bases, it is (was) likely to have had one or more base publications, a publicity department or office, and perhaps even a historical archive. What I am getting at is that something as unique as the dial described would have certainly attracted enough attention to have been mentioned at the time it was erected (1959). Also, something that unique would have attracted picture takers- both official Base photographs, and casual snapshots by Base personnel and/or visitors. You might as well check the newspaper library of the San Antonio. Newspapers are wont to keep original photographs (even if not printed) that were made with respect to stories they might have been working on. Check the resources in the San Antonio Public Library. Certainly descriptions and photographs must have been made and kept by someone (or agency). Things don't just happen at government installations without documentation. Unless you have written or photographic documentation of the dial as it was intended to be when made, any 'restoration' will be purely speculative and cannot really qualify as a restoration. Tom McHugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> R. R. 1, Box 896 Fort Fairfield, ME 04742 46° 45' 13" N 67° 48' 42" W
