UAH Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives

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  • img_00669.pdf

    Front: Merrimack Mfg. Co. 100,000 Spindles Huntsville, Ala.
    Chas. L. Lovering, Treas., Boston Jos. J. Bradley, Ast. F. Gordon Cobb, Supt.
  • img_01049.pdf

    Back: This is the assembly floor at the NASA - Michoud Assembly facility at New Orleans, La. The large assembly building has some 40 acres under one roof. Boosters shown here are first stages for the Uprated Saturn I launch vehicle. The Saturn was developed at Marshall Space Center, Huntsville, Alabama.
  • img_00419.pdf

    Front: Mirror Room, Central Cafe, Huntsville, Alabama
    Back: THE CENTRAL CAFE, UNUSUAL , 103 W. Clinton St., HUNTSVILLE, ALA.
    Dine in our beautiful Mirror Room. The most modern Lounge in the South. The ceiling is made of plate glass mirrors, Indirect lighting of Fluorescent and Neon. Air conditioned, decorated with lights in floor. Known far and wide for its excellent cuisine. Louis Tumminello, Prop.
  • img_01085.pdf

    Front: Missile 16 Redstone being monitored from foxhole.
  • img_01117.pdf

    Back: Headquarters and school of the Missile and Maintenance Center and School at Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Alabama.
  • img_01093.pdf

    Back: MISSILE DISPLAY & PUBLIC PICNIC AREA, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.
    This is one of the many outdoor displays provided to enlighten, encourage and inspire visitors to the area. Sights like this, provide a feeling of safety and security that you can't purchase with a can of insecticide.
  • img_01197.pdf

    Back: Missile Strategy Computer is one of the many audience participation exhibits at the Alabama Space and Rocket Center. Visitors may match their skills with this highly animated exhibit highlighting the various applications of missile defense systems. The Alabama Space and Rocket Center, America's largest missile and space exhibit is located west of Huntsville, Alabama on Highway 20.
  • img_01201.pdf

    Back: MISSISSIPPI TEST FACILITY, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, HANCOCK COUNTY
    This 200-foot-tall rocket test tower is one of three units and this particular stand is for static firing the S-ll (second stage) of the giant Saturn V. MTF is a division of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama.
  • img_01057.pdf

    Front: MTO
    Back: A ground test modal of the Saturn V second stage (S-ll ) is lifted into a recently completed captive test stand at the Mississippi Test Operations in Hancock County, Miss. The NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center's Mississippi Test Operations will be used for captive firing the S-ll flight stages. Ground test stage was manufactured to test out S-ll systems and the ground test facilities.
  • img_01129.pdf

    Front: Model of Saturn Space Vehicle & "Real" Saturn Booster.
    Back: SCALE MODEL, SATURN SPACE VEHICLE AND "REAL" SATURN BOOSTER
    A one-tenth scale model of the Saturn Space vehicle is shown here behind a "real" Saturn booster at the assembly area of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama. The big booster is capable of developing 1.5 million pounds thrust. An assembled vehicle stands 162 feet high.