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.)
Main Author: | Ferchaud, Jay |
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Format: | Electronic |
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/195721 |
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