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D77853-1
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- 1953-09-10 (Creation)
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Some very creative parents built the rocket ship "Space Raider" out of plywood in September of 1953 so that their imaginative youngsters could travel to our planet and demand that Earthlings "Take them to their leader." With the dawning of the 1950's, Americans began spotting UFOs in the night sky by the hundreds and Tacoma was no exception. Alien invaders became a favorite childhood game, spurred on by the release of films from Hollywood and science fiction magazines. By 1957, America's obsession with space travel would be further fueled by the intense competition with the Soviets for supremacy in the space race. Photograph ordered by the DFPA. (photographs also numbered D77001)
Plywood; Boys--Tacoma--1950-1960; Children's playhouses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Children playing--Tacoma--1950-1960; Toy guns; Helmets;