Military airplane and missile, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

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  Series of photographs showing a missile being released from an airplane

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  Montage of multiple photographs, showing missile being released from a plane. Note in the hand of Grace (Burke) Hubble: "EPH Huntington Library"

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  The explosion from a 4,000 pound bomb, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

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  The explosion from a 4,000 pound bomb. Note in the hand of Edwin Powell Hubble: "4,000 lb. bomb exp. 1/500 sec." Note in the hand of Grace (Burke) Hubble: "The Island, EPH Huntington Library"

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  Measuring instruments at the U.S. Ballistic Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground

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  Machinery, Ballistics Research Laboratory. Photographer: Photographic Measurements Section, U.S. Army Ballistic Laboratory. Note in the hand of Grace (Burke) Hubble: "EPH, Huntington Library Collection." Possible measuring instruments, in three compartments, labeled Pitch, Lift, Drag.

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  Photograph of a diagram of an A-4 long-range rocket, with legend

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  Diagram of A-4 long-range rocket. Note in the hand of Grace Burke Hubble: "EPH Huntington Library Collection". Below the image is the legend identifying parts of the rocket. The photograph is stamped with "Secret" and "Restricted".

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  Aerial view of Spesutie Island, Maryland

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  Aerial view of Spesutie Island, and the grounds used by Edwin Powell Hubble for ballistics experiments and testing. Note in the hand of Grace Burke Hubble: "From the air, Spesutie Island, and the bridge over the Narrows, World War II, experiment ground used by EPH (Also penciled drawings on back) under snow. Huntington Library. Haunted House [Hubbles' residence on Spesutie Island] at bridge's end as it touches the island."

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  Eight-inch blassistic shell 150 feet beyond muzzle, U.S. Army Ballistic Laboratory

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  Eight inch shell about 150 feet beyond muzzle, just after being fired, Ballistics Research Laboratory. Note in the hand of Edwin Powell Hubble: "8-inch shell about 150 ft beyond muzzle, velocity about 2300 ft/sec. Microflash exp. @ 1/1,000,000 second." Note in the hand of Grace (Burke) Hubble: "EPH Huntington Library"

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