Mississippi Coast Region

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NASA

Description

This color picture postcard features a twilight scene of the central control building at NASA's Mississippi Test Facility with the tower in the forefront and trees and an orange sky in The background. The back of the postcard provides publisher and creator information as well as indication for stamp placement. The description at the upper left corner reads "Bay St. Louis, Miss. --The Central Control Building at NASA's Mississippi Test Facility houses the Central Control operations which can control safety measures and other functions site-wide during a test firing. The NASA Public Information Office is also located here, along with a 90-foot high observation tower, for viewing static firings. Official NASA Photo". "50" is written in pencil in the upper right.

Publication Date

1910

Publisher

Gulf Coast News Co., Inc.

Time Period

1890-1999

Subjects

Postcards; Picture postcards; Hancock County, Mississippi

Geographic Location

Bay St. Louis, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_The-Central-Control-Building_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.

Central Control Building at NASA's Mississippi Test Facility at Twilight, Hancock County, Mississippi

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