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  • img_00049.pdf

    Front: Welcome to Huntsville. Missile and Space Capital.
    Back: HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA. Welcome to the "Outer Space Capitol, USA" - a progressive and friendly metropolis.
  • img_00053.pdf

    Front: Greetings from Huntsville, Ala.
  • img_00055.pdf

    Front: Greetings from Huntsville, Alabama, The Space Capital. Everything is O.K ?.. In outer space!!
  • img_00057.pdf

    Front: "De Lan' O' Cotton."
  • img_00063.pdf

    Front: "Picking Cotton. Huntsville, Ala."
  • 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_00085.pdf

    Front: Soldiers Monument. Huntsville, Ala.
  • img_00087.pdf

    Front: Court House, Huntsville, Ala.
  • 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.