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Image Not Available for Submarine Land-Based Prototype Ceremony, Windsor, 1957
Submarine Land-Based Prototype Ceremony, Windsor, 1957
Image Not Available for Submarine Land-Based Prototype Ceremony, Windsor, 1957

Submarine Land-Based Prototype Ceremony, Windsor, 1957

PhotographerPhotographed by Frank Lorenzo American, 1928 - 2000
PhotographerPhotographed by United Press International American, founded 1907
SubjectPortrait of Abraham Alexander Ribicoff American, 1910 - 1998
Date1957 August 5
MediumPhotography
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 1/4 × 9in. (18.4 × 22.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Tracey Lorenzo Budrejko
DescriptionBlack and white photograph by United Press International (UPI) photographer Frank Lorenzo with typed caption.

Caption: HFP080501-8/5/57-WINDSOR, CONN.: The 1st weld is made on a land-based prototype of a small submarine. The sub will be used as an aid to building an atomic reactor suitable to propelling small "killer-type" submarines. Officiating at the ceremony in Windsor, 8/5, are at right, L-R, Gov. Abraham Ribicoff, Jon D. Anderson of the A.E.C. Schenectady, and Joseph V. Santry of the builder, Combustion Engineering. UNITED PRESS TELEPHOTO fl
Object number2023.82.205
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Vernon Kilns
1950s