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  • img_00057.pdf

    Front: "De Lan' O' Cotton."
  • img_00055.pdf

    Front: Greetings from Huntsville, Alabama, The Space Capital. Everything is O.K ?.. In outer space!!
  • img_00067.pdf

    Front: Greetings from Huntsville, Ala. The Rocket City.
    Back: Huntsville, Ala., "The Rocket City"
    Huntsville has earned the title "Rocket City" since the Army located most of its missile and rocket men at Redstone Arsenal.
  • img_00069.pdf

    Front: Greetings from Outer Space, Huntsville, Ala.
    Back: JUPITER-C
    left: U.S. Army JUPITER-C Missile. This rocket, developed at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Huntsville. Ala., was used to launch the free world's first scientific earth satellite, the EXPLORER.
    Right: U.S. Army JUPITER Missile. The JUPITER Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile is being developed at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Huntsville. Ala. It is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to a distance of 1500 nautical miles.
  • spc_mcca_001_002.pdf

    "A spectacular view from Monte Sano State Park near Huntsville, Alabama. Color by Wayne Floyd."
  • img_01147.pdf

    Back: NASA'S SA-5 undergoing pre-launch check-out. The Saturn is the free-world's largest space booster. It develops a million and a half pounds thrust. The NASA Marshall Space Flight Center at Huntsville. Alabama, has been developing and providing rockets for our space achievements since the very beginning of our entry into this field.
  • img_00063.pdf

    Front: "Picking Cotton. Huntsville, Ala."
  • loc_noer_000010_000011.pdf

    This postcard was written by Hildegard Nörenberg in Tegel, Berlin, Germany, and sent to her sweetheart Hans-Albert Silberberg in Stuttgart. The reverse of the postcard shows the letterhead of Nörenberg's father's business, Walter Nörenberg Eisenwaren, a hardware store.
  • img_01203.pdf

    Front: The State Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes, Huntsville, Ala.
  • spc_spac_000378_000379.pdf

    This postcard has an image of the "Two Seater Speedway Hot Rod" as well as a description and a price for it.
  • img_00403.pdf

    Front: A Business Center, Huntsville, AL
  • img_00721.pdf

    Back: HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, "Outer Space Capital, USA"
    A Fall scene along the road to the top of Monte Sano. The State Park is well-known for the fine horses and horseback riding trails.
  • img_00103.pdf

    Front: County Court House. A good cotton day, Huntsville, Ala.
  • img_00237.pdf

    Back: STREET SCENE, Huntsville, Alabama, a cultural center of the Old South. Huntsville is a large retail trading center, the focal point of an industrial segment of 8 million persons in a 200 mile radius.
  • img_00825.pdf

    Back: Aerial view of Burritt on the Mountain - A Living Museum with Jones Valley in the background.
  • img_00089.pdf

    Back: AERIAL VIEW OF HUNTSVILLE. ALABAMA "Where America's Race to the Moon Began"
    This scene shows a part of Big Springs Park, the City Hall, Madison County Courthouse, State National Bank Building and other fine edifices in downtown.
  • img_00091.pdf

    Front: Aerial View of Main Business Section, Huntsville, Alabama
  • img_01017.pdf

    Back: An aerial view of Troop Housing at the Missile and Maintenance Center and School at Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Alabama.
  • img_01209.pdf

    Back: ALABAMA A & M COLLEGE, Normal, Alabama
    A partial view of the campus in the Fall. Organized in 1875 as the Huntsville Normal and Industrial School by William Hooper Councill, with 2 teachers and 61 pupils, it is now nationally recognized.
  • img_01213.pdf

    Back: ALABAMA A & M COLLEGE, Normal, Alabama
    Bibb Graves Hall in center and on the right is the Student Union Building (College Center).
  • img_01215.pdf

    Front: Historic Huntsville
    Back: Historic Huntsville, Alabama. ALABAMA A & M COLLEGE.
    On this campus site once stood the Green Bottom Inn, one of Huntsville's earliest hostelries, noted for its race track. GRAY GANDER, once rated the world's fastest horse and winner of a $20,000 purse (not a small amount in the 1800's), raced and worked out here. Many notables, including President James Monroe, President James K. Polk and Andrew Jackson, gathered here for rest and diversion.
  • img_01211.pdf

    Front: Alabama A & M
    Back: ALABAMA A & M, Normal, Alabama
    Science Building in foreground - also showing Bibb Graves Hall, Student Center, Library, Cafeteria and Women's Dormitory.
  • img_01027.pdf

    ALABAMA SPACE & ROCKET CENTER. A 1.9 million dollar, State-owned science exhibit containing Exhibit Building, Rocket Area, Apollo-Saturn V Moon Rocket, Moon Crater and Missile Area. Features 50 audience participation exhibits describing rocket propulsion, living in space, Apollo lunar landing and story of the universe. Located within city limits of Huntsville, Alabama.
  • img_01029.pdf

    Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER. America's Largest Missile and Space Exhibit, Tranquility Base. Huntsville, Alabama 35807. The towering 200 foot Saturn I space vehicle is the landmark of the new Alabama Space and Rocket Center. Designed to tell the story of man's past, present, and future efforts to explore space for peaceful purposes, the Center features fifty audience participation exhibits and numerous pieces of space equipment. The thirty-five acre complex is located five miles west, Huntsville, Alabama.
  • img_01031.pdf

    Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER. America's Largest Missile and Space Exhibit. Tranquility Base. Huntsville, Alabama 35807. The Alabama Space and Rocket Center is the largest missile and space exhibit in the world. It was dedicated by the citizens of Alobama to those Americans who made it possible for man to walk on the moon and to explore the universe; and to the youth of America who will utilize space technology for the benefit of mankind.
  • img_01037.pdf

    Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER
    America's Largest Missile and Space Exhibit. Tranquility Base, Huntsville, Alabama 35807.
    The full-size Apollo Saturn V moon rocket is one of the feature attractions at the Alabama Space and Rocket Center. The five huge rocket engines develop seven and one half million pounds of thrust and consume propellents at the rate of 5,000 gallons per second. The complete vehicle - longer than a baseball field - can be viewed close up by the visitor. The Alabama Space and Rocket Center tells the story of man's past, present, and future efforts to explore space for peaceful purposes.
  • img_01099.pdf

    Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER. America's Largest Missile and Space Exhibit, Tranquility Base, Huntsville, Alabama 35807. The Rocket Park consists of the world's largest collection of rockets and space vehicles on display to the general public. From left to right, visitors view the Mercury / Atlas , Mercury / Redstone, Jupiter, V-2, Juno II, Saturn I, Redstone, Jupiter C.
  • img_01101.pdf

    Back: The Alabama Space and Rocket Center contains the world's largest collection of missiles, rockets, and space vehicles. A full scale Apollo Saturn V moon rocket is exhibited in a horizontal position and is one of the featured attractions on the 35 acre complex. The exhibition Center is owned and operated by the State of Alabama and is opened every day, located west of downtown Huntsville on Alabama Highway 20.
  • img_01103.pdf

    Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER. America's largest Missile and Space Exhibit. Tranquility Base, Huntsville, Alabama 35807. The Alabama Space and Rocket Center is the largest missile and space exhibit in the world. It was dedicated by the citizens of Alabama to those Americans who made it possible for man to walk on the moon and to explore the universe; and to the youth of America who will utilize space technology for the benefit of mankind.
  • img_01135.pdf

    Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER
    America's Largest Missile and Space Exhibit, Tranquility Base Huntsville, Alabama 35807.
    The Alabama Space and Rocket Center is the largest missile and space exhibit in the world. It was dedicated by the citizens of Alabama to those Americans who made it possible for man to walk on the moon and to explore the universe; and to the youth of America who will utilize space technology for the benefit of mankind.
  • img_01169.pdf

    Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER, Earth's Largest Space Exhibit. Tranquility Base, Huntsville. Alabama 35807.
    This moon rock sample is displayed at Earth's largest space exhibit. It was collected on the moon by Apollo II astronauts. It is believed to be over 3 billion years old, and weighs 4.9 ounces.
  • img_01189.pdf

    Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER, Huntsville. Ala.
    The Earth's Largest Space Museum offers an unrivaled display of American rocketry. The Spacedome theater and a tour of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center complete a day of family fun and education. The center Is home of the United States Space Camp.
  • img_01191.pdf

    Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER
    Earth's Largest Space Exhibit, Tranquility Base, Huntsville. Alabama 35807.
    The Alabama Space and Rocket Center is the largest missile and space eihibit in the world. It was dedicated by the citizens of Alabama to those Americans who made it possible for man to walk on the moon and to explore the universe; and to the youth of America who will utilize space technology for the benefit of mankind.
  • img_01193.pdf

    Front: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER
    The AIabama Space and Rocket Center contains the world's largest collection of missiles, rockets, and space vehicles. A full scale Apollo Saturn V moon rocket it exhibited in a horizontal position and it one of the featured attractions on the 35-acre complex. The exhibition Center it owned and operated by the State of Alabama and is opened every day. Located west of downtown Huntsville on Alabama Highway 20.
  • img_01095.pdf

    Back: Spaceships, moon buggies, rocket engines and exhibits about space travel fill the multi-million dollar Alabama Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville. The new space center, World's largest missile and space exhibit, highlights the equipment used by U. S. astronauts to explore the moon. The Center is located west of Huntsville on Highway 20, and operates seven days a week.
  • img_00891.pdf

    Back: ALBERT PICK MOTEL, 2901 Memorial Parkway N. W., U. S. 72 - 231 - 431, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, Phone: 539-3/11 - Teletype: HTVL ALA-8512
    125 air-conditioned rooms, all with television, 24-hour telephone service. Heated swimming pool. Restaurant. Ideal meeting facilities. Free parking. Children free under 12.
  • img_01237.pdf

    Back: Oakwood College. Huntsville, Alabama. Cunningham Hall, Women's Dormitory (1947)
  • img_00829.pdf

    Back: Arch at entrance to Burritt on the Mountain - A Living Museum, Built by Dr. William Henry Burritt as the entrance to his retirement estate completed in 1938.
  • img_01125.pdf

    Front: Army Ordnance Command Headquarters, Redstone Arsenal
    Back: THE U. S. ARMY MISSILE COMMAND HEADQUARTERS, REDSTONE ARSENAL, ALABAMA
    The Missle Command is responsible for research, design, development, production, maintenance and supply of all Army missiles and rockets. It is a military-civilian team that has pushed the art of missilery rapidly forward. People are the Command's primary resource and their brains and ability are its most precious asset.
  • img_01047.pdf

    Back: This is on artist's conception of the Apollo/Saturn V vehicle leaving on the first leg of the moon journey. The three stage vehicle will be launched from Cape Kennedy, Fla. and will carry three astronauts to the moon and back. The Saturn was developed at MSFC, Huntsville, Alabama.
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