[020] Testing frame and wind break at Ward Farm, Auburn, Mass., March 1926

Photographer

Esther C. Goddard

Preview

Description

Photograph of "testing frame and wind break" at Ward Farm in Auburn, Massachusetts, March 1926" (annotation by Esther Goddard). This photograph was taken from a piece of 16mm film that Esther shot (Robert bought his wife a movie camera earlier that year). Esther would often extract still images from her own footage. Based on the film footage, it looks to be an image from March 16, 1926, This test, which took place at Ward Farm in Auburn, Massachusetts, would go down in history as the world's first flight of a liquid-fueled rocket.

'The Goddard Rocket Researches: A Photographic Record' is an annotated photo album covering Robert H. Goddard's work and experimentation with rocketry. It was assembled and curated by Esther Goddard sometime after her husband's passing in 1945. Additionally, almost all of the photographs were taken by Esther herself.

Photographs were scanned at 400dpi.

Date Taken

3-16-1926

Type

image

Genre

photograph

Format

jpg

Keywords

Robert Goddard, rocketry, liquid-propellant rocket, liquid fuel rocket

Recommended Citation

Goddard, Esther C., "[020] Testing frame and wind break at Ward Farm, Auburn, Mass., March 1926" (1926). The Goddard Rocket Researches: A Photographic Record [Individual Photographs]. 18.
https://commons.clarku.edu/goddardphotographs/18

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