Thanks everyone for their comments, photos and anecdotes.
Peter, you were certainly lucky to have such an extended one-on-one with
Alan Shepard! Martin, love the picture of the Redstone launch console.
Some additional pictures taken at JSC, Houston attached.
1) Little Joe II rocket with Command Module analog and Launch Escape
system payload, with Redstone/Mercury in background.
Five unmanned Little Joe II launches took place to test and verify the
Launch Escape System and the Command Module parachutes.
Little Joe II launch video on YouTube :-
https://youtu.be/5I9KhkKXYF8
2) Saturn V main stage F1 engine
3) Saturn V
4) Saturn V
5) Saturn V F1 engine cluster
6) Saturn V Second Stage J2 engine cluster
7) Saturn V Third Stage with J2 engine
8) Saturn V. Note charred Command Module.