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Lot 371

[SPACE FLIGHT PIONEER]. [GODDARD, Robert H. (1882-1945), as...

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[SPACE FLIGHT PIONEER]. [GODDARD, Robert H. (1882-1945), association]. Archive of Material from the Estate of Nils T. Ljungquist, Machinist for Robert H. Goddard. [V.p., ca. 1940s-60s]. Includes: 12 black and white photographs (all 8 x 10") of scenes from Goddard's lab and museum display (all with Ljungquist's inkstamp on versos), 8 x 10" photograph of Goddard with a German V-2 engine with Ljungquist's caption on verso, 8 x 10" photograph of an experimental rocket in its launch stand signed by Ljungquist, with his caption, ?Roswell New Mexico 1935," blueprint copy of the layout of Goddard's lab (folded, 14 ? x 19 ?"), comical original drawing by George Bode (an engineer at Goddard's lab) of elf-like men building a rocket engine (signed, 7 ? x 11"), dedication program for the ?Robert Hutchings Goddard Workshop and Planetarium," signed by Mrs. Goddard, and team members Calistro Sanchez, George Bode, and director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert R. Gilruth. Some general minor wear. Generally near fine or better.