Castle Kids Day

By Jesse Chenault on October 7, 2009 10:18 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
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Castle Kids Day
1957, 1958

Here's a great look at Castle Air Force Base in its prime. People are lined up to get a look inside the aircraft. The control tower, in the middle of the photo, is still a landmark at Castle today. 


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Castle Kids Day
1957, 1958

Here's an aircraft dedication ceremony at the Kids Day. 


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Castle Kids Day
1957, 1958

Here's a good look at the tail end of the aircraft on the tarmac of the Air Force Base runway. 

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This page contains a single entry by Jesse Chenault published on October 7, 2009 10:18 AM.

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Jesse Chenault is the copy desk chief at the Sun-Star and a former staff photographer. The purpose of this blog is to share photos from the newspaper's archives that hopefully spur a discussion about our area's history, photography or the events, people and places pictured here. Feel free to log in and contribute information about the pictures. He'll try to give as many details as he can about names, dates, places but some of the information is fairly sketchy. E-mail him at jchenault@mercedsun-star.com. Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content.

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