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Title
Missile command station devised
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
1957
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 June 20, 1957 reads, "Missile control station - Engineer Charles Haggett, of Lockheed Missile Systems division, tries out new ground command station he will use to fly X-7 test missile by remote control. Haggett operates small control stick similar to that of plane, as he observes dials which tell him how missile is performing."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00141445
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d049_f28_i9
CARL0005737799
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/71130
Subject
Lockheed Corporation
Lockheed Corporation--Employees
Aircraft industry--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)--Employees
Aircraft industry--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Testing laboratories--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Engineers--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Fire control (Missiles)
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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