1962-1963 Original McDonnell Douglas Aerospace Rocketry 7 Photographs For Sale

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1962-1963 Original McDonnell Douglas Aerospace Rocketry 7 Photographs:
$34.99

1962-1963 Original Douglas Aircraft / McDonnell Douglas Aerospace Rocketry 7 Photographs
Vintage from the dawn of the space age.8" x 10"
Seven Photographs are:

What appears to be a DELTA A/B/C Rocket! These launched in 1962-1963 and carried Explorer 14-15-17, Syncom 1-2, Telstar 2, and Tiros 7-8 ! Rocket being lifted by a crane, with another section seen in the background. Color. Air Force officers can be seen walking around with the McDonnell Douglas employees. Watermark on reverse is "A KODAK PAPER". Ink stamp on reverse says "DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT COMPANY, INC. SANTA MONICA, CALIF. DEPT. A-346 COLOR PHOTO LAB COLOR PRINT No. DAC_____" with 13680 written in the space by hand.
Rocket stage on rollers. Sign says "Model DSV-3M", "NAME UPRATED DELTA" "ASSEMBLY 2ND STAGE", and other information. A nice view of the engine and tanks. DSV may refer to Douglas Space Vehicle. Color. Watermark on reverse is "A KODAK PAPER". Ink stamp on reverse says "DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT COMPANY, INC. SANTA MONICA, CALIF. DEPT. A-343 COLOR PHOTO LAB COLOR PRINT No. DAC_____" with 23035 written in the space by hand.
Personnel inside one or a rocket stage during assembly. Titled "SSC-000103 S4B 12-26-63". Signs in the pictures say S-IVB Mock-Up in the background on a similar rocket section and on a ladder. Black and white. No watermark on the reverse side. S-IVB was the upper stage rocket for the Saturn IB and Saturn V!
Personnel inside and outside of some sort of aerospace assembly. The assembly is labeled Douglas. Black and white glossy. Reverse side is ink stamped "SM 471340". No watermark on reverse side.
Personnel working on and inspecting a large section of a rocket which looks like the end of a fuel tank. Black and white glossy. It is titled "SM384805 12-3-62"
McDonnell Douglas Corporation Managers. Black and white glossy. Reverse side is ink stamped "McDONNELL DOUGLAS COPRORATION B911-9-4 EXTERNAL RELATIONS H003 SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA 90406". Two signatures are on the front side. No watermark on reverse side.
McDonnell Douglas Corporation Personnel. Black and white flat. One autograph on the front. Backside has written B52-24-5. Backside is ink stamped "DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CO., INC. SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA G-13 PUBLIC RELATIONS LIBRARY". Reverse side has no watermark. I can't quite make out the names on the ID tags under a magnifying glass, but I can read one number and see one McDonnell Douglas logo. Barely visible on the wall behind the people in the picture are airplanes and rockets or missiles.

Used, as-is. 13680 has upper left corner torn off, some spots on border and reverse. 23035 has creasing along borders and corners, the right edge creasing is damage, edge stains, and pen hand writing on the reverse side. SSC-000103 has corner creasing, a 7/8" edge tear on the right edge, pencil marks on the reverse side. 471340 has stains, creases, edge tears on the bottom border, and pencil writing on the reverse side. SM384805 has slight creasing and pencil writing on reverse side. B911-9-4 has dirt and spots on back, scratches, crease horizontally across picture, and two ink signatures on the front. B52-24-5 has handwriting on reverse side, crease at bottom border, and autograph on front. See attached pictures.