Lonnie Johnson and his son, Kenya, testing out a Super Soaker water gun on East Barclay Drive in Mobile, Alabama.

Johnson, a Mobile native and former NASA engineer, invented the toy in the late 1980s. (The Johnsons were in town to visit family, but they lived in Pasadena, California.)

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ferchaud, Jay
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/195613
Description
Summary:Johnson, a Mobile native and former NASA engineer, invented the toy in the late 1980s. (The Johnsons were in town to visit family, but they lived in Pasadena, California.)