Milton B. Trageser with prototype of inertial platform used in TITAN II missile

Object summary

Title: Milton B. Trageser with prototype of inertial platform used in TITAN II missile
Object ID: GCP-00024556
Date made: 1961-06-16
Maker: MIT Photo Service; MIT, Instrumentation Laboratory
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

Philip N. Bowditch, Richard E. Marshall, Milton Trageser, and Elmer Frey examine a model of the stable inertial platform from the Air Force Titan II missile. Original caption: "From the Office of Public Relations, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 39, Massachusetts, CUTLINE FOR PHOTO // A prototype of the stable inertial platform used in inertial guidance of the Air Force TITAN II missile is shown with four of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers who helped develop it. The engineers are, left to right, Mr. Philip N. Bowditch, Cohasset; Mr. Richard E. Marshall, Concord; Mr. Milton Trageser, Waltham; and Dr. Elmer Frey, Lexington." Original credit line: Instrumentation Laboratory, MIT, Print No.: 15340.