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A rocket launched from wooden scaffolding over a tree-lines field

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A rocket launched from wooden scaffolding over a tree-lines field

Description: A just launched rocket beyond the launching scaffolding and a man crouching by the detonator. Note in the hand of Grace (Burke) Hubble: "EPH outfit, firing rocket APG. Huntington Library"
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: circa 1942 - 1945
Call number: mssHUB 1044 (24)
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