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Photograph caption dated April 27, 1958 reads, "Thirteen newsmen from Great Britain, representing newspapers, magazines, wire services and broadcasting services of that country, toured Propulsion Field Laboratory of Rocketdyne, a division of North American Aviation, Inc. Test firing of Thor engine, witnessed by the visitors, demonstrated power of 150,000-pound engine which powers U.S. Air Force intermediate range ballistic missile."
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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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