Balloons Used to Send Messages of Hope

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Title: Balloons Used to Send Messages of Hope
Creator(s): St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Date: 1952-12-24
Content Type: picture
Subject(s): Equipment. Weapons. Plants
United States Cartridge Company
Military
Geographic Area: Saint Louis (Mo.)
Time Period: 1950-1959
Description: "Employes of the St. Louis Ordnance Plant, 4300 Goodfellow Blvd., yesterday inspected one of the helium-filled balloons used to send messages of hope behind the Iron Curtain in the Crusade for Freedom campaign. From left are Miss Madge Spalding, Miss Betty Grady, Miss Ruth Kochs, Miss Betty butler, Capt. R.C. Lewis, executive officer of the plant, and Mrs. Betty Massey."
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Classification: M112-STLSubjects-Globe-DemocratSmallArmsPlant_008
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