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Title
Model and missile engine
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1959
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated February 12, 1959 reads "Martin Lovequist, left, president of San Fernando Valley Small Plants Association, holds model of Thor missile whose Able stage is powered by Aerojet rocket engine, foreground. Roy Watkins, representing Ballistic Missile Center, urged 80 members attending meeting to concentrate on producing systems for missiles rather than individual products."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00129677
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d035_f2_i23
CARL0005480107
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/60716
Subject
San Fernando Valley Small Plants Association--Presidents
Ballistic Missile Center--Employees
Aerojet Rocketdyne
Men--California--San Fernando Valley
Associations, institutions, etc.--California--San Fernando Valley
Aerospace industries--California--San Fernando Valley
Ballistic missiles--Models--California--San Fernando Valley
Thor (Missile)--Models
Rocket engines
Signs and signboards--California--San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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