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Title
Wedding in 'space' tested
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
1963
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 article dated November 16, 1963 reads, "Space age metal alloys which may be used for supersonic transports are being welded miles above the earth while the operator remains on the ground. Lockheed-California Co. officials said today in Burbank." A Lockheed operator welds in "space" in new vacuum chamber - Chamber can produce a near-airlessness same as 40 miles above earth.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00116824
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d018_f36_i18
CARL0005337443
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/50407
Subject
Lockheed-California Company
Welding--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Aerodynamics, Supersonic
Space simulators
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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