Governor George Wallace cutting the ribbon at the entrance of the trailer carrying the Apollo 11 command module "Columbia," which is parked on Dexter Avenue in front of the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
Left to right: Ellwood Johnson, director of the "Columbia" tour, which visited all fifty states between April 1970 and May 1971; Cornelia Wallace; Governor George C. Wallace; Lieutenant Governor Jere Beasley (standing just behind Wallace); Richard Cook, deputy director of Marshall Space Fl...
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| Summary: | Left to right: Ellwood Johnson, director of the "Columbia" tour, which visited all fifty states between April 1970 and May 1971; Cornelia Wallace; Governor George C. Wallace; Lieutenant Governor Jere Beasley (standing just behind Wallace); Richard Cook, deputy director of Marshall Space Flight Center; and Alabama Junior Miss Gale Robertson. The module, which was the living quarters for the Apollo 11 crew, was on display in Montgomery for several days in late January and early February of 1971. |
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