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Wind tunnel groundbreaking ceremony, 1947

Object summary

Title
Wind tunnel groundbreaking ceremony, 1947
Object ID
GCP-00013755
Date made
1947-06-14
Place made

United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge, MIT

Object type
Photograph
Major collection
MIT History
Named collection
Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view
No
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Description

Candid photograph of James Rhyne Killian standing among a crowd at a groundbreaking ceremony. Some attendees wear military uniforms. Karl Taylor Compton stands on wooden ramp, left.

Original caption: "Supersonic Wind Tunnel Ground breaking, June '47"

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