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Photograph caption dated May 14, 1956 reads, "Eger Murphree, newly appointed chief of missile activities for Department of Defense, right, watches rocket engine test firing at Rocketdyne's propulsion field laboratory in Santa Susana Mountains. Also watching are, from left, Sam Hoffman, Rocketdyne general manager, and J. H. Kindelberger, North American Aviation board chairman."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
North American Aviation.--Rocketdyne Division Rockwell International.--Rocketdyne Division Rockwell International.--Rocketdyne Division--Employees Santa Susana Field Laboratory (Calif.) Industrial facilities--California--Simi Valley Aerospace industries--California--Simi Valley Testing laboratories--California--Simi Valley Rockets (Aeronautics)--Testing--Equipment Men--California--Simi Valley Santa Susana Mountains (Calif.) Simi Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs Group portraits
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