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

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
Subjects:	Photographs
Online Access:	http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/195721

format	Electronic
collection	Alabama Media Group Collection
building	Alabama Department of Archives and History
publisher	Alabama Department of Archives and History
topic	Photographs
spellingShingle	Photographs Lonnie Johnson and his son, Kenya, testing out a Super Soaker water gun on East Barclay Drive in Mobile, Alabama. Ferchaud, Jay
fulltopic	Photographs Johnson, Kenya; Johnson, Lonnie; African Americans; Children; Inventors; Scientists; Toys; Mobile (Ala.); Mobile County (Ala.)
description	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.)
spelling	MP0085252_01MP0085252Lonnie 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.)1991-07-081990-1999Ferchaud, JayMobile Press-Register161559Johnson, Kenya; Johnson, Lonnie; African Americans; Children; Inventors; Scientists; Toys; Mobile (Ala.); Mobile County (Ala.)Still imageNegatives (Photographs); Black-and-white negatives4000 PPI TIFFAlabama Media GroupAlabama Media Group CollectionAlabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AlabamaEnglishCopyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.comhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/195721
title	Lonnie Johnson and his son, Kenya, testing out a Super Soaker water gun on East Barclay Drive in Mobile, Alabama.
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