Mississippi Coast Region
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Description
This color picture postcard features a ground test model of the Saturn V second stage (S-11) being lifted onto a captive test stand at the Mississippi Test Operations facility in Hancock County, Mississippi. "MTO" is typed in the upper right corner. The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information as well as indication for postage stamp and address placement. The description in the upper left corner reads "A ground test model of the Saturn V second stage (S-11) is lifted into a recently completed captive test stand at the Mississippi Test Operations in Hancock County, Miss. The NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center's Mississippi Test Operations will be used for captive firing the S-11 flight stages. Ground test stage was manufactured to test out S-11 systems and the ground test facilities."
Publication Date
1910
Publisher
Scenic South Card Co.
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)
Digital ID
MSS_837_Postcard_MTO_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