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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated April 26, 1962 reads, "Watch the bouncing ball - Sue Walter, Miss Edwards Air Force Base, receives instructions in table tennis from Ralph Taeger, one of the stars of the recent movie 'X-15.' Taeger, however, did not travel to the base for table tennis, but to make a special television recruiting film for the Air Force."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Taeger, Ralph,--1936- Men--California--Edwards Air Force Base Women--California--Edwards Air Force Base Teenagers--California--Edwards Air Force Base Girls--California--Edwards Air Force Base Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Beauty contestants--California--Edwards Air Force Base Sashes Table tennis--California--Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base (Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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