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[Photograph 2012.201.B1198.0004]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Waterbird" rests on temporary mountings while waiting to be hoisted upright to the word-smeared base at right. "Waterbird" is a "mock Atlas missile," and was America's first missile system capable of carrying atomic warheads anywhere on the planet. It was part of an underground missile silo test at Altus AFB, and will now be put up on display."
Date: March 19, 1968
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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