The Goddard Rocket Researches: A Photographic Record [Individual Photographs]

 

Esther C. Goddard

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Photograph of the bronze plaque for the Robert Goddard memorial at the Roswell Museum in Roswell, New Mexico. The memorial is the launching tower Goddard used in the early 1940s. Inside it is a replica of a 1940 rocket. This memorial resides at the Roswell Museum in Roswell, New Mexico. The plaque reads "This tablet is erected in memory of Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard who here laid the foundations for the science of rocket propulsion. He used this tower from 1930 to 1942 for launching liquid propellant rockets, to develop a means for exploring extreme altitudes."

This photograph is part of the final section of Esther Goddard's photo album titled "A Few Informal Photographs, Through the Years". Not all of these photographs were taken by Esther.

'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.

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undated, circa 1950s-1960s

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Robert Goddard, rocketry, rockets, Roswell, New Mexico, memorials

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Keywords

Robert Goddard, rocketry, rockets, Roswell, New Mexico, memorials

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