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Visitor reading about the Mercury-Atlas rocket in the Kennedy Space Center rocket garden on Merritt Island near Titusville, Florida.

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Department of Commerce collection
Series/Collection number: S 1047, Publicity photographs, 1940-1996 ; Box 3, FF12

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Visitor reading about the Mercury-Atlas rocket in the Kennedy Space Center rocket garden on Merritt Island near Titusville, Florida.

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Visitor reading about the Mercury-Atlas rocket in the Kennedy Space Center rocket garden on Merritt Island near Titusville, Florida.

Subject

Space programs

Spacecraft

Exhibiting

Attractions--Florida--Brevard County--Titusville

Visitors' centers--Florida--Brevard County--Titusville

Publicity

Exhibitions

Astronautics--Exhibitions

Space vehicles--Exhibitions

Tourism--Florida--Brevard County--Titusville

Tourists--Florida--Brevard County--Titusville

Atlas (Missile)

Service industries--Florida--Brevard County--Titusville

Date

1996 (circa)

Identifier

COM06363

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Merritt Island (Fla.)

Titusville (Fla.)

Brevard County (Fla.)

John F. Kennedy Space Center Region (Fla.)

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Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Series Title

Department of Commerce collection

Department of Commerce collection Series/Collection number: S 1047, Publicity photographs, 1940-1996 ; Box 3, FF12

Subject - Corporate

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

NASA.

John F. Kennedy Space Center.

Project Mercury (U.S.)

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Visitor reading about the Mercury-Atlas rocket in the Kennedy Space Center rocket garden on Merritt Island near Titusville, Florida. 1996 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/242571>, accessed 13 June 2026.

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Visitor reading about the Mercury-Atlas rocket in the Kennedy Space Center rocket garden on Merritt Island near Titusville, Florida. 1996 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/242571>

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(State Archives of Florida)

Florida Memory is a digital outreach program providing free online access to select archival records from collections housed in the State Library and Archives of Florida. Florida Memory digitizes materials that illuminate the state's history and culture.

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Florida Memory is funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Florida's LSTA program is administered by the Department of State's Division of Library and Information Services.

For FY2025-26, the percentage of total costs for the Florida Memory program financed with federal money is 66%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $1,027,650. This program does not receive any non-governmental funding.

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