Brochures and Photographs, 1950 - 1976
Scope and Contents
Included are selected community and aerospace materials related to the United States Space Program activities at the Cape during the mid-1960s through the 1980s and photographs of Eau Gallie, Florida from this time period.
Of note are brochures and commemorative publications of the John F. Kennedy Space Center; Cape Kennedy; Apollo 11 and 17; and a souvenir booklet of the "3rd Century America," a bicentennial exposition on science and technology held... at Kennedy Space Center in 1976.
Unique photographs feature the first missile launched at Cape Canaveral; photos from around the RCA Air Force Missile Test Center Patrick Air Force Base, Cape Canaveral; United States Air Force Titan III Complex (includes RCA cameras); photographs of John W. Young and Alan B. Shephard and the Gemini-3 spacecraft; several purported images of UFOs.
Dates
- Creation: 1950 - 1976
Creator
- From the Collection: Sullivan, Barbara Marie Stephens, 1927-2013 (Person)
Access Information
The collection is open for research.
Extent
0.363 Cubic Feet (One letter-size full-width manuscript box)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository
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West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
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