April 20, 2013

85 and Sunny



NASA Photo ID: S66-51581            File Name: 10074781.jpg            
Film Type: 4x5            Date Taken: 06/01/66
Title: Crew of the first manned Apollo mission practice water egress procedures
Description:
Prime crew for the first manned Apollo mission practice water egress 
procedures with full scale boilerplate model of their spacecraft. In the 
water at right is Astronaut Edward H. White (foreground) and Astronaut
Roger  B. Chaffee. In raft near the spacecraft is Astronaut Virgil I.
Grissom. NASA  swimmers are in the water to assist in the practice session
that took place  at Ellington AFB, near the Manned Spacecraft Center,
Houston.                
Subject terms:
APOLLO 1 FLIGHT                         
APOLLO PROJECT                          
APOLLO SPACECRAFT                       
ASTRONAUT TRAINING                      
ASTRONAUTS                              
EGRESS                                  
FACILITIES                              
LIFE RAFTS                              
MODELS                                  
SIMULATION                              
SURVIVAL                                
TEXAS                                   
WATER LANDING                           













































































































March 26, 2013

Debates. March 26 1923 2013


A topical selection from my collection of found photos. 


August 16, 2012

counting down the days V


A tantalizing and mischievous selection of photos found in the LIFE archive.
The set's only description being its title:
Kansas City Crime, May 5th, George Skadding
It must have been an interesting summer...

August 15, 2012

counting down the days IV

The last days of summer.
Found these in the LIFE archive.
The Kansas City All Girl Hotrod Club--Francis Miller