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The History of the World
Raleigh wrote this history while imprisoned in the Tower of London from 1603 to 1616 for his alleged role in the plot to remove King James I from the throne. It was published after his first expedition to the New World. Masked within the recounting…
The Stage and Its Stars
This book includes 112 full-plate photogravures and several hundred additional lithographs of Shakespearean actors of the nineteenth century. The photogravure process is a late-nineteenth-century technique whereby paper reproductions are made from…
Pan Am GMRD employees performing tests of equipment on Pad 19 at Cape Canaveral, circa 1965
Image from page 7 of GMRD Clipper, November 1965. Caption reads: "Above, Complex 19 mechanics Ted Brickley, left, and Charles Rizzo conduct tests on vent stack blower."
A Pan Am GMRD employee performing maintenance on Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral
Image from page 6 of GMRD Clipper, November 1965. Caption reads: "George Ponader puts muscle behind wrench to tighten bolt in service structure transfer table at Pad 14."
cover of GMRD Clipper, April 1965
cover of GMRD Clipper, April 1965. Caption on p.2 reads: "Raised to the top of the Titan II launch vehicle, the Gemini capsule is mated at Complex 19. The first Gemini manned flight and Pan Am's Missile Propellants role in it is the subject of this…
image from cover of GMRD Clipper, June 1964
image from cover of GMRD Clipper, June 1964. Caption on p.2 reads: "GT-1, the first of Gemini's three-step program to orbit a two-man capsule later this year was successfully launched in mid-March. Read Pan Am's part in Project Gemini beginning on…
A recruiting ad for Pan Am's Guided Missle Range Division, circa 1963
Image from cover of GMRD Clipper, April 1963. Caption on p.2 reads: "The cover shows a cross section of the broad sweep of Pan American activities on the Atlantic Missile Range. The design is one in a series of recruiting ads run by Pan Am in…
Pan Am employees performing work at the Guided Missile Range Division at Cape Canaveral
Pages 8-10 from GMRD Clipper, July 1959. Left caption reads: "More round-the-clock services performed by GMRD employees include medical and ambulance standby for each missile launch and out-patient dispensary treatment, and operation of generators…
The Atlantic Missile Test Range
Image from page 4 of GMRD Clipper, July 1959. Caption reads: "The Atlantic Missile Range (map above) spans S. Atlantic from Cape Canaveral 5,000 miles southeastward to Ascension Island."