Black and white photograph of John Merrill posing with his launched rocket in what appears to be a wooden barn with hay on the ground. Photograph by Douglas R. Gilbert. Scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph of John Merrill's rocket launching among a group of onlookers. In the center of the photograph, John Merrell is propped on the shoulders of another gentleman while preparing to launch a rocket from a wooden setup while a…

Black and white photograph of John Merrill's rocket lauching and the surrounding smoke as it takes flight in August 1960. Photograph by Douglas R. Gilbert. Scanned from the negative.