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Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Arsenal 20th Anniversary Trade Show photograph album

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Description: An album of color photographs chronicling the 20th anniversary celebrations of the Redstone Arsenal, a United States Army post near Huntsville, Alabama, and its new status as home of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Photographs depict visiting dignitaries, including Major General John Barclay, and many product exhibits of a space program and defense contractor trade show. Companies whose products are displayed include: Du Pont and a proposed space suit, Boeing Company Minuteman Systems, I.B.M., Lockheed Aircraft, General Electric, Honeywell, and many others. Also included are several images of a Redstone missile standing next to its mobile launching platform. The color in the prints has faded considerably.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1961.
Call number: photCL 663
Provenance: Purchased from Zephyr Used & Rare Books, November 2021.

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