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Title
Flying bathtub
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Brich, George
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
1964
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 was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated August 29, 1964 reads, "NASA's M-2 'Flying Bathtub' - a craft astronauts may use to glide back to earth from orbit - is on display today and tomorrow at Lancaster airplane show." The article partially reads, "Pilots of the Experimental Aircraft Assn. are about like any other fliers, except they have supreme confidence. They fly their own creations. More than 250 of them are gathering today and tomorrow at Lancaster's Fox Airfield to show what can be done with their hands and some spare weekends."; See images #00120123 through #00120124 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00120124
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d023_f38_i15
CARL0005385270
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/53205
Subject
General William J. Fox Airfield (Lancaster, Calif.)
Experimental Aircraft Association
Associations, institutions, etc.--California--Lancaster
Research aircraft--California--Lancaster
Airplanes--California--Lancaster
Airplanes--California--Lancaster--Exhibitions
Men--California--Lancaster
Hangars--California--Lancaster
Airports--California--Lancaster
Lancaster (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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