Str. Frank J. Hecker, bow - Public domain image of a steam ship or boa...
Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Str. Frank J. Hecker, deck - Public domain image of a steam ship or bo...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a dock, harbor, boats, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Barracks No. 1, North end of base, southest o...
Significance: This barrack provided living facilities for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base SL-40. Standardized drawings indicate that the installation's two barracks housed enlisted men, officers, and ... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Administration Building, East central portion...
Significance: This building provided administration and housing facilities for the base. Engineering drawings indicate that most Nike administration buildings contained a day room, offices for the battery comm... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Underground Storage Magazines & Launcher-Load...
Significance: The underground storage magazines and launcher-loader assemblies are where Nike missiles were stored and kept ready for launching at the Nike Missile Base SL-40. These underground structures cont... More
The Launch of Str. Frank J. Hecker
Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Administration Building, East central portion...
Significance: This building provided administration and housing facilities for the base. Engineering drawings indicate that most Nike administration buildings contained a day room, offices for the battery comm... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Barracks No. 2, North end of base, southeast ...
Significance: This barrack provided living facilities for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base SL-40. Standardized drawings indicate that the installation's two barracks housed enlisted men, officers, and ... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Underground Storage Magazines & Launcher-Load...
Significance: The underground storage magazines and launcher-loader assemblies are where Nike missiles were stored and kept ready for launching at the Nike Missile Base SL-40. These underground structures cont... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Ready Building, North end of launch area, nou...
Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Paint & Oil Storage Shed, North end of base, ...
Significance: This building was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers. Nike buildings were considered modified emergency buildings. Originally, they were to be pre-fabric... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Bulletin Board, Central portion of base, east...
Survey number: HAER IL-117-O Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Barracks No. 1, North end of base, southest o...
Significance: This barrack provided living facilities for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base SL-40. Standardized drawings indicate that the installation's two barracks housed enlisted men, officers, and ... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Water Treatment & Storage Building, Southern ...
Significance: The water treatment pumping and storage building was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers, which were designed by the firm of Warren and Van Praag, Inc., of ... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Water Treatment & Storage Building, Southern ...
Significance: The water treatment pumping and storage building was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers, which were designed by the firm of Warren and Van Praag, Inc., of ... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Mess Hall, East central portion of base, sout...
Significance: The mess hall was the common eating facility for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base SL-40. This building was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers, whi... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Missile Test & Assembly Building, South end o...
Significance: The missile test and assembly building was an integral part of Nike Missile Base SL-40. At the missile assembly area, Nike crews uncrated, assembled, and tested the missiles. The building was bu... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Beck Road between Nike & M Roads, Hecker, Mon...
Significance: Constructed during the Cold War, Nike missile bases were an ever-present reminder to U.S. citizens that the peace gained after World War II was fragile. Following the war, the U.S. Army construct... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Barracks No. 2, North end of base, southeast ...
Significance: This barrack provided living facilities for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base SL-40. Standardized drawings indicate that the installation's two barracks housed enlisted men, officers, and ... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Barracks No. 2, North end of base, southeast ...
Significance: This barrack provided living facilities for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base SL-40. Standardized drawings indicate that the installation's two barracks housed enlisted men, officers, and ... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Ready Building, North end of launch area, nou...
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![[Guy Hecker, Louisville Colonels, baseball card portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjAvZ3V5LWhlY2tlci1sb3Vpc3ZpbGxlLWNvbG9uZWxzLWJhc2ViYWxsLWNhcmQtcG9ydHJhaXQtNThhZWRlLTEwMjQuanBn/40/75/webp "[Guy Hecker, Louisville Colonels, baseball card portrait]")
[Guy Hecker, Louisville Colonels, baseball card portrait]
Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Radar Pad No. 1, South end of base, Hecker, M...
Survey number: HAER IL-117-L Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Barracks No. 1, North end of base, southest o...
Significance: This barrack provided living facilities for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base SL-40. Standardized drawings indicate that the installation's two barracks housed enlisted men, officers, and ... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Sentry Guard House, Beck Road at entrance to ...
Significance: This sentry guardhouse was used to control access to Nike Missile Base SL-40. This building was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers. Originally, all build... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Missile Test & Assembly Building, South end o...
Significance: The missile test and assembly building was an integral part of Nike Missile Base SL-40. At the missile assembly area, Nike crews uncrated, assembled, and tested the missiles. The building was bu... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Beck Road between Nike & M Roads, Hecker, Mon...
Significance: Constructed during the Cold War, Nike missile bases were an ever-present reminder to U.S. citizens that the peace gained after World War II was fragile. Following the war, the U.S. Army construct... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Beck Road between Nike & M Roads, Hecker, Mon...
Significance: Constructed during the Cold War, Nike missile bases were an ever-present reminder to U.S. citizens that the peace gained after World War II was fragile. Following the war, the U.S. Army construct... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Generator Building No. 3, South end of launch...
Significance: This generator building was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers. Nike buildings were considered modified emergency buildings. Originally, there were to be... More
Jno. Hecker, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.
A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Mess Hall, East central portion of base, sout...
Significance: The mess hall was the common eating facility for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base SL-40. This building was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers, whi... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Beck Road between Nike & M Roads, Hecker, Mon...
Significance: Constructed during the Cold War, Nike missile bases were an ever-present reminder to U.S. citizens that the peace gained after World War II was fragile. Following the war, the U.S. Army construct... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Beck Road between Nike & M Roads, Hecker, Mon...
Significance: Constructed during the Cold War, Nike missile bases were an ever-present reminder to U.S. citizens that the peace gained after World War II was fragile. Following the war, the U.S. Army construct... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Ready Building, North end of launch area, nou...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Harry Hecker, residence in Miami Beach, Florida. Entrance facade
Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Canine Kennel, South central portion of launc...
Significance: The canine kennel was built in 1958. As a part of site security, guard dogs roamed the Nike installation at night. Survey number: HAER IL-117-R
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Barracks No. 1, North end of base, southest o...
Significance: This barrack provided living facilities for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base SL-40. Standardized drawings indicate that the installation's two barracks housed enlisted men, officers, and ... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Missile Test & Assembly Building, South end o...
Significance: The missile test and assembly building was an integral part of Nike Missile Base SL-40. At the missile assembly area, Nike crews uncrated, assembled, and tested the missiles. The building was bu... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Beck Road between Nike & M Roads, Hecker, Mon...
Significance: Constructed during the Cold War, Nike missile bases were an ever-present reminder to U.S. citizens that the peace gained after World War II was fragile. Following the war, the U.S. Army construct... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Beck Road between Nike & M Roads, Hecker, Mon...
Significance: Constructed during the Cold War, Nike missile bases were an ever-present reminder to U.S. citizens that the peace gained after World War II was fragile. Following the war, the U.S. Army construct... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Underground Storage Magazines & Launcher-Load...
Significance: The underground storage magazines and launcher-loader assemblies are where Nike missiles were stored and kept ready for launching at the Nike Missile Base SL-40. These underground structures cont... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Warheading Building, South end of launch area...
Significance: The warheading building was an integral part of Nike Missile Base SL-40. At the war heading buildings, Nike crews armed the missiles with their warheads. This building was built in 1958 from sta... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Mess Hall, East central portion of base, sout...
Significance: The mess hall was the common eating facility for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base SL-40. This building was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers, whi... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Mess Hall, East central portion of base, sout...
Significance: The mess hall was the common eating facility for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base SL-40. This building was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers, whi... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Administration Building, East central portion...
Significance: This building provided administration and housing facilities for the base. Engineering drawings indicate that most Nike administration buildings contained a day room, offices for the battery comm... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Beck Road between Nike & M Roads, Hecker, Mon...
Significance: Constructed during the Cold War, Nike missile bases were an ever-present reminder to U.S. citizens that the peace gained after World War II was fragile. Following the war, the U.S. Army construct... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Beck Road between Nike & M Roads, Hecker, Mon...
Significance: Constructed during the Cold War, Nike missile bases were an ever-present reminder to U.S. citizens that the peace gained after World War II was fragile. Following the war, the U.S. Army construct... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Paint & Oil Storage Shed, North end of base, ...
Significance: This building was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers. Nike buildings were considered modified emergency buildings. Originally, they were to be pre-fabric... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Basketball Court, Northwest of barracks, Heck...
Survey number: HAER IL-117-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Sentry Guard House, Beck Road at entrance to ...
Significance: This sentry guardhouse was used to control access to Nike Missile Base SL-40. This building was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers. Originally, all build... More
John Hecker's machine-made bread
Advertisement for bread. No. 605. Public domain photograph of food advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Beck Road between Nike & M Roads, Hecker, Mon...
Significance: Constructed during the Cold War, Nike missile bases were an ever-present reminder to U.S. citizens that the peace gained after World War II was fragile. Following the war, the U.S. Army construct... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Beck Road between Nike & M Roads, Hecker, Mon...
Significance: Constructed during the Cold War, Nike missile bases were an ever-present reminder to U.S. citizens that the peace gained after World War II was fragile. Following the war, the U.S. Army construct... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Underground Storage Magazines & Launcher-Load...
Significance: The underground storage magazines and launcher-loader assemblies are where Nike missiles were stored and kept ready for launching at the Nike Missile Base SL-40. These underground structures cont... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Underground Storage Magazines & Launcher-Load...
Significance: The underground storage magazines and launcher-loader assemblies are where Nike missiles were stored and kept ready for launching at the Nike Missile Base SL-40. These underground structures cont... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Underground Storage Magazines & Launcher-Load...
Significance: The underground storage magazines and launcher-loader assemblies are where Nike missiles were stored and kept ready for launching at the Nike Missile Base SL-40. These underground structures cont... More
![[Guy Hecker, Louisville Colonels, baseball card portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvZ3V5LWhlY2tlci1sb3Vpc3ZpbGxlLWNvbG9uZWxzLWJhc2ViYWxsLWNhcmQtcG9ydHJhaXQtNTY1NjJjLTEwMjQuanBn/40/75/webp "[Guy Hecker, Louisville Colonels, baseball card portrait]")
[Guy Hecker, Louisville Colonels, baseball card portrait]
Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Generator Building No. 2, Northeast of Genera...
Significance: This building was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers. Nike buildings were considered modified emergency buildings. Originally, they were to be pre-fabric... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Octagon Concrete Pad, South end of base, nort...
Survey number: HAER IL-117-J Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Warheading Building, South end of launch area...
Significance: The warheading building was an integral part of Nike Missile Base SL-40. At the war heading buildings, Nike crews armed the missiles with their warheads. This building was built in 1958 from sta... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Mess Hall, East central portion of base, sout...
Significance: The mess hall was the common eating facility for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base SL-40. This building was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers, whi... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Mess Hall, East central portion of base, sout...
Significance: The mess hall was the common eating facility for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base SL-40. This building was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers, whi... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Administration Building, East central portion...
Significance: This building provided administration and housing facilities for the base. Engineering drawings indicate that most Nike administration buildings contained a day room, offices for the battery comm... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Administration Building, East central portion...
Significance: This building provided administration and housing facilities for the base. Engineering drawings indicate that most Nike administration buildings contained a day room, offices for the battery comm... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Water Treatment Plant, Northeast of barracks,...
Significance: The water treatment plant housed all of the water treatment facilities for Nike Missile Base SL-40. Survey number: HAER IL-117-B
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Water Treatment Plant, Northeast of barracks,...
Significance: The water treatment plant housed all of the water treatment facilities for Nike Missile Base SL-40. Survey number: HAER IL-117-B
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...
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![Ancient brain surgery. Miss Helen Hecker, secretary to Dr. [...] Curator of Physical Anthropology of the Smithsonian Institution, poses with an ancient trephined skull discovered in Alaska by Dr. Hrdlicka, which is believed to prove that brain surgery was practiced there as long ago as 2,000 years. Dr. Hrdlicka made his discoveries from the lower strata of an ancient settlement on Kodiak Island. He believes that trephining among the Indians was a practical surgical operation, designed to relieve pressure against the brain from a skull fracture, and to remove bone splinters. It also is believed possible that these holes were bored in skulls, at times, to let out evil spirits causing headaches, 11/23/35](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzUvMDEvMDEvYW5jaWVudC1icmFpbi1zdXJnZXJ5LW1pc3MtaGVsZW4taGVja2VyLXNlY3JldGFyeS10by1kci1jdXJhdG9yLW9mLXBoeXNpY2FsLTEwMjQuanBn/40/30/webp "Ancient brain surgery. Miss Helen Hecker, secretary to Dr. [...] Curator of Physical Anthropology of the Smithsonian Institution, poses with an ancient trephined skull discovered in Alaska by Dr. Hrdlicka, which is believed to prove that brain surgery was practiced there as long ago as 2,000 years. Dr. Hrdlicka made his discoveries from the lower strata of an ancient settlement on Kodiak Island. He believes that trephining among the Indians was a practical surgical operation, designed to relieve pressure against the brain from a skull fracture, and to remove bone splinters. It also is believed possible that these holes were bored in skulls, at times, to let out evil spirits causing headaches, 11/23/35")
Ancient brain surgery. Miss Helen Hecker, secretary to Dr. [...] Curat...
A woman sitting at a table with a skull on it. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Radar Pad No. 1, South end of base, Hecker, M...
Survey number: HAER IL-117-L Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, HIPAR Equipment Building, South end of base, ...
Significance: The HIPAR equipment building was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers. Nike buildings were considered modified emergency buildings. Originally, they were t... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Warheading Building, South end of launch area...
Significance: The warheading building was an integral part of Nike Missile Base SL-40. At the war heading buildings, Nike crews armed the missiles with their warheads. This building was built in 1958 from sta... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Administration Building, East central portion...
Significance: This building provided administration and housing facilities for the base. Engineering drawings indicate that most Nike administration buildings contained a day room, offices for the battery comm... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Barracks No. 2, North end of base, southeast ...
Significance: This barrack provided living facilities for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base SL-40. Standardized drawings indicate that the installation's two barracks housed enlisted men, officers, and ... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Barracks No. 2, North end of base, southeast ...
Significance: This barrack provided living facilities for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base SL-40. Standardized drawings indicate that the installation's two barracks housed enlisted men, officers, and ... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Generator Building No. 3, South end of launch...
Significance: This generator building was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers. Nike buildings were considered modified emergency buildings. Originally, there were to be... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Sentry Guardhouse Base, M Road at entrance to...
Survey number: HAER IL-117-P Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Barracks No. 1, North end of base, southest o...
Significance: This barrack provided living facilities for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base SL-40. Standardized drawings indicate that the installation's two barracks housed enlisted men, officers, and ... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Warheading Building, South end of launch area...
Significance: The warheading building was an integral part of Nike Missile Base SL-40. At the war heading buildings, Nike crews armed the missiles with their warheads. This building was built in 1958 from sta... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Administration Building, East central portion...
Significance: This building provided administration and housing facilities for the base. Engineering drawings indicate that most Nike administration buildings contained a day room, offices for the battery comm... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Missile Test & Assembly Building, South end o...
Significance: The missile test and assembly building was an integral part of Nike Missile Base SL-40. At the missile assembly area, Nike crews uncrated, assembled, and tested the missiles. The building was bu... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Missile Test & Assembly Building, South end o...
Significance: The missile test and assembly building was an integral part of Nike Missile Base SL-40. At the missile assembly area, Nike crews uncrated, assembled, and tested the missiles. The building was bu... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Beck Road between Nike & M Roads, Hecker, Mon...
Significance: Constructed during the Cold War, Nike missile bases were an ever-present reminder to U.S. citizens that the peace gained after World War II was fragile. Following the war, the U.S. Army construct... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Ready Building, North end of launch area, nou...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Ready Building, North end of launch area, nou...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Generator Building No. 3, South end of launch...
Significance: This generator building was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers. Nike buildings were considered modified emergency buildings. Originally, there were to be... More
Capt. Ewald Hecker - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows Ewald Hecker, an army officer associated with the German Red Cross in New York. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Radar Pad No. 2, South end of base, Hecker, M...
Survey number: HAER IL-117-N Public domain photograph of a graveyard monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Barracks No. 1, North end of base, southest o...
Significance: This barrack provided living facilities for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base SL-40. Standardized drawings indicate that the installation's two barracks housed enlisted men, officers, and ... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, HIPAR Equipment Building, South end of base, ...
Significance: The HIPAR equipment building was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers. Nike buildings were considered modified emergency buildings. Originally, they were t... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Warheading Building, South end of launch area...
Significance: The warheading building was an integral part of Nike Missile Base SL-40. At the war heading buildings, Nike crews armed the missiles with their warheads. This building was built in 1958 from sta... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Warheading Building, South end of launch area...
Significance: The warheading building was an integral part of Nike Missile Base SL-40. At the war heading buildings, Nike crews armed the missiles with their warheads. This building was built in 1958 from sta... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Administration Building, East central portion...
Significance: This building provided administration and housing facilities for the base. Engineering drawings indicate that most Nike administration buildings contained a day room, offices for the battery comm... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Administration Building, East central portion...
Significance: This building provided administration and housing facilities for the base. Engineering drawings indicate that most Nike administration buildings contained a day room, offices for the battery comm... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Beck Road between Nike & M Roads, Hecker, Mon...
Significance: Constructed during the Cold War, Nike missile bases were an ever-present reminder to U.S. citizens that the peace gained after World War II was fragile. Following the war, the U.S. Army construct... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Underground Storage Magazines & Launcher-Load...
Significance: The underground storage magazines and launcher-loader assemblies are where Nike missiles were stored and kept ready for launching at the Nike Missile Base SL-40. These underground structures cont... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Generator Building No. 3, South end of launch...
Significance: This generator building was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers. Nike buildings were considered modified emergency buildings. Originally, there were to be... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Generator Building No. 3, South end of launch...
Significance: This generator building was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers. Nike buildings were considered modified emergency buildings. Originally, there were to be... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Sentry Control Station, Southwest end of Unde...
Significance: The sentry control station was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers. Survey number: HAER IL-117-Y
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Generator Building No. 1, South end of base, ...
Significance: This building was most likely the main generator building. It was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers. Nike buildings were considered modified emergency b... More
Str. Frank J. Hecker, stern - Public domain image of a steam ship or b...
Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description