1960-64 NASA WERNHER VON BRAUN BULIDING OF MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER ORIGINAL

Description

This recent find comes from Estate of Retired BOEING & NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Aerospace Engineer that worked on the early Saturn/Apollo to Shuttle Missions - NOTE: After retirement previous owner was a Archives/Curator at "THE SPACE and ROCKET CENTER" (SPACE CAMP-Huntsville, AL.) Where he also was able to Obtain a large Collection of Purged Archived items if after notified original donors did not respond
. Listing is for a collection of 80 NASA Original Building and Land Proposal pieces relating to the Building of the Marshall Space Flight Center and Originally from the Estate of Architect/Draftsman E. STEPHENOUK. Stephenouk was hired by the NASA/ MARSHALL Planning Board from 1960-63 along with a Mr. Beck that also contributed to some of the Building Proposals. Included in the listing are the following items:
Building 4200 (WERNHER VON BRAUN'S OFFICE LOCATION) Building and Land Proposals (11)
1 - 34.5"L x 16-3/4"H Original Blueprint for NASA MSFC by Mr. STEPANOUK (signed bottom left)
1 - 6-7/8"L x 5"H Original Hand Drawn Color Sketch of Completed proposed 4200 bldg. NASA MSFC - Also by Stephenouk
1 - 10.5"L x 8"H Black/White Original "MP Logo" (MARSHALL PLANNING) ENGINEERING and ADMINISTRATION BUILDING NASA MSFC (signed bottom)
7 - 7.5"L x 4-1/4"H Black/White Original Polaroid Photos w/ numbers on back (one of photos has 10/05/62 and 4200 written on front bottom left
1 - 5-1/4"L x 3-1/4"H Black/White Original Polaroid Photos with number on back and handwritten date Sept 13, '62
NASA WIND TUNNEL (9)
4 - Artist Proposal Drawings - approximate measurements range 15.5-18"H x 21.5-26"L (stapled together top left)
2 - Cutaway Drawings Photos - handwritten markings (Fig # on back side)
3 - Photos - handwritten markings (Fig #) on back side and one is stamped in black ink "Aeroballistics Laboratory Aerodynamic Facilities Section 95,248"
MSFC PROPOSAL SKETCH (2)
1 - 42" x 49" Original Blueprint Sketch North View showing proposed buildings/roads for the newly formed George C. Marshall Space Flight Center - signed far right bottom by Mr. Stephanouk (believe from 1961 because of building additions that vary from the 1960 Kodak photo)
1 - 8 x 10 NASA (MSFC) KODAK PAPER PHOTO (earlier 1960 North view) - Back of photo reads (M-N-5-60) and stamped "A KODAK PAPER"
Additional Items
2 - 1962 Blueprint George C. Marshall Space Flight Center Expansion Building #4491 - PRELIMINARY - slightly different versions (36"L x 23"W)
36 - Early 1960's Black/White Polaroid Photos - Redstone Arsenal - Construction of MSFC Administration Buildings & more (including pictures of models and rockets outside of original Space Museum)
2 - NASA ORIGINAL black/white Photos 8 x 10 construction phase - one is "A KODAK PAPER" and one has blue ink stamp on back side "Progress on adv. dyn annex bldg. from West - 2/12/64
14 - NASA ORIGINAL 8 x 10 Concept Photos (most "A KODAK PAPER") - Proposals/Expansions (MSFC West Area & North View, Instrument Laboratory, Engineering and Admin Bldg., Project Engineer Office, Computation Facilities, Missile Assembly building, Hazardous Operations Bldg., Space Vehicle Research Laboratory, Acceleration, Test and Calibration Facility
1 - MSFC SPECIAL FLUID MECHANICS LABORATORY Plan File Copy - 8 x 10.5
1 - MSFC PLANS 1962 Test Division Engineering Building Expansion (23"W x 36"L)
1 - MSFC PLANS - Perspective Proposed Motor Pool (22.5"L x 17W)
1 - MSFC PLAN - BUILDING 4610 PROPOSED EAST ADDITION (25.5"W x 36"L) - there are a couple of small tears from storage but hard to see in pictures
These are extremely RARE and Early One Off pieces produced right after NASA was formed
. All items are
in Very Good overall condition with blueprints/drawings/sketches having some fold storage lines (one set is stapled together) and a little ageing. These will be shipped folded. Some photos have minor age/use wear with some having handwritten dates/notations on front and others on back side. POLAROIDs are numbered on back. There's also minor dings on corners of some photos from storage. "MP Logo" (MARSHALL PLANNING) is on multiple items and most of the photos are "A KODAK PAPER." Note: Sketch/Drawing/Blue Prints have been kept folded and will be shipped folded.
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