Little Lake" Barge Through Bascule Bridge On Pearl River

Authors

Files

Contributor

NASA

Description

This color picture postcard features a barge named "Little Lake" moving through the raised portion of Bascule Bridge on the Pearl River at the NASA Mississippi Test Facility in Hancock County. The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard with publisher information and indication for stamp placement; the description reads, "Bay St. Louis, Miss.--The barge, Little Lake, brings the S-II-T, all-system test model of the second stage of the Saturn V Apollo space vehicle, through the Bascule Bridge at the NASA Mississippi Test Facility in Hancock County, Mississippi, on the historic east Pearl River. The stage arrived from Seal Beach, California where it was assembled. The S-II stages will be thoroughly checked out and test fired at MTF before being shipped to Cape Kennedy, Florida, for an active role of launching the first American astronauts to the moon. Official NASA Photo."

Publication Date

1910

Time Period

1890-1999

Subjects

Postcards; Bay St. Louis, MS ; Pearl River (MS and La.); Barges

Geographic Location

Bay St. Louis, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Bay-St-Louis-Bridge-Up_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Gulf Coast Sub-Collection

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

Recommended Citation

Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University