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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.
  • 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."
  • img_01203.pdf

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