Carl Morgan and
Constance W. Bigsby

Hollywood Memorial Park,
Los Angeles, CA

[Inscription on Central Panel of Monument]

THE ATLAS PIONEER IN SPACE
HERE SYMBOLIZES
THE LIFETIME ACTIVITIES OF

CARL MORGAN BIGSBY

A RECOGNIZED LEADER
IN MANY PHASES
OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS.
HE, TOO, WAS A PIONEER

[Inscription on Left Panel of Monument,
Carl Morgan Bigsby]

RETIRED BY GOD

[Inscription on Right Panel of Monument,
Constance W. Bigsby]

TOO BAD . . . WE HAD FUN

[Inscription at Foot of Monument]

THE ATLAS AS SHOWN HERE,
IS TO THE EXACT SCALE OF THE
ORIGINAL MISSILE

THE PIONEER ATLAS

(INTO ORBIT WITH 122-POUND
PAY LOAD, DECEMBER 18, 1958)

[Inscription on Back Panel of Monument]

• FIRST INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE OF THE UNITED STATES
• FIRST TO FLY 5500 NAUTICAL MILES, NOVEMBER 28, 1959
• FIRST TO LIFT A UNITED STATES CAPSULE INTO SPACE
• FIRST SATELLITE TO BROADCAST A MESSAGE TO "THE FREE WORLD"
• FIRST TO RECORD A MESSAGE IN SPACE AND BROADCAST IT TO EARTH.