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Third Courthouse

Front: Madison County Court House, Huntsville, Ala.

Third Courthouse

Front: Madison County Court House and Confederate Monument, Huntsville, Ala.

Front: Courthouse, Huntsville, Alabama
Back: COURTHOUSE. HUNTSVILLE, ALA. This building is a landmark and has been cited as being one of historic and architectural interest. It is beautifully maintained in lawns and flowers the year 'round.

Third Courthouse

Back: COURTHOUSE, Huntsville, Alabama. The building has been cited by the Historic American Buildings Survey Committee as "possessing exceptional historic or architectural interest and as being worthy of most careful preservation for the benefit of future generations." The lawns are beautifully maintained. At one time deer and peacocks were kept on the ground.

Tourway Inn

Back: TOURWAY INN, 1304 N. Memorial Parkway, U.S. 231, 431 & 72, Huntsville, Alabama.
90 Luxury Units - Individually Controlled Heat & Air Conditioning - Direct Dial Phones - TV - Radio - Tub and Shower - Swimming Pool - 24 Hour Service - Restaurant Adjoining - Across The Street From Mall.
Ed Story, Your Host - Phone (205) 539-9671, American Express, Diners' Club and Carte Blanche Credit Cards Honored Here

Town House Motor Hotel

Back: TOWN HOUSE MOTOR HOTEL
Memorial Parkway, U. S. 231 & 431 South, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, On the Twin Routes to Florida, Phone: JEfferson 6-7481
75 Rooms - Air-Conditioned - Swimming Pool - TV - Room Service - Telephones in Every Room - Diners' Club Restaurant Adjoining

Trailway Inn

Back: Trailway Inn on U. S. Hwys. 231 - 72 & 431
56 Luxury Units with Direct Dial Phones, Radio & Coffee in Rooms. Restaurant & Swimming Pool. 24 Hour Switchboard. Phone AC 205 - 539-9671, TWX 205-533-1021. Ed Story, Your Host

Twickingham Station

Back: Twickenham Station, 509 Williams Ave., Huntsville, Alabama 35801, 205-536-6253
Directly across from the Von Braun civic center, featuring late 1800 saloon, wide selection salad bar and the finest steaks and seafoods enjoyed in authentic rail car dining rooms.

U.S. Army Missile Display Area

Back: U.S. ARMY MISSILE DISPLAY AREA, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
The massive domes house innumerable displays, individual listening devices describe and explain the functions of various Rockets and Missiles. Buttons and levers operate miniature models and allow visitors to play Astronaut. The large dome is 150' in diameter and 85' tall. It is made of vinyl coated nylon, and is kept erect by air pressure. The nylon in this one dome weighs 92,000 lbs.

U.S. Army Ordnance "Nike" Guided Missile

Back: U.S. ARMY ORDNANCE "NIKE" GUIDED MISSILE, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
Home of Redstone Arsenal, the Army Ordnance Rocket and Guided Missile Center. The Nike was America's first operational guided missile. Named after the Goddess of Victory, this weapon provides the first line of defense against atomic attack.

U.S. Army Ordnance Guided Missile School

Front: U. S. Army Ordnance Guided Missile School, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.
Back: U. S. ARMY ORDNANCE GUIDED MISSILE SCHOOL, REDSTONE ARSENAL, ALABAMA
One of the free world's leading Technical Training Centers valued at $73,000,000. It has trained men from the U. S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps and 15 Allied nations to man and maintain a powerful array of new weapons at bases throughout the free world.

U.S. Army Ordnance Missile Command Headquarters

Back: HEADQUARTERS BUILDING, U.S. ARMY ORDNANCE MISSILE COMMAND
Here all of the U.S. Army's rocket and guided missile and space programs are controlled, under the direction of Maj. Gen. J. B. Medaris.

U.S. Army Redstone Guided Missile

Front: U. S. Army 'Redstone' Guided Missile
Back: U. S. Army 'Redstone' Guided Missile
Huntsville, Alabama, Home of Army Ballistics Missile Agency. Named after Redstone Arsenal, the Redstone is the Army's largest surface-to-surface guided missile. Capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, this weapon has proven to be very accurate at supersonic speeds. This photo is actual color made by U. S. Army.

U.S. Highway 231

Back: U-Tel-It Restaurant
U S Highway 231 - 431 North two blocks from Uptown. HUNTSVILLE. ALABAMA, Phones 9196 - 2706
Air Conditioned - Serves Regular Dinners - Short Orders - Steaks - Sandwiches - All kinds Homemade Pies. Excellent Air Conditioned Bon-Air Motel in connection. Mr. & Mrs. R. E. Hicks, Owners & Managers.

U.S. Post Office

Front: U.S. Post Office, Huntsville, Alabama

U.S. Post Office and Courthouse

Front: U.S. Post Office and Court House, Huntsville, Alabama

United Church of Huntsville

Front: United Church of Huntsville, Huntsville, AL
Back: 7906 Whitesburg Dr., Huntsville, AL 35802

Uprated Saturn I Launch at Cape Kennedy

Back: The second Uprated Saturn I launch vehicle (designated AS-203) stands on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy. Blunt nosecone replaced the Apollo spacecraft for this special flight. This was a liquid hydrogen test to determine how liquid hydrogen reacted in space. Television comeras were in the top of the second stage's liquid hydrogen tank. The Saturn was developed at MSFC, Huntsville, AIabama.

Uprated Saturn I Launch Vehicle

Back: The Uprated Saturn I launch vehicle (SA-202) is surrounded by the service structure on the launch pad at the NASA - Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The Marshall Center, Huntsville, Ala., developed the Saturn launch vehicle.

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