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(NASA) Group of 24 color photographs, including the iconic image by Neil Armstrong of Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon, the Earthrise, and many more. The group includes images from Apollo 11, 12, and 17. There are three different examples of the Man on the Moon, two Earthrises, and images of the lunar surface with modules and astronauts in the frame. Chromogenic prints, most of the images measuring approximately 9 1/2x7 1/2 inches (24.1x19.1 cm.), and the reverse, some slightly smaller, most on sheets slightly larger, the earliest prints 7 inches (17.8 cm.) square, the largest mounted image 10 1/2x10 3/8 inches (26.7x26.3 cm.), 3 mounts 14x11 (2) and 15 3/4x14 inches (35.6x27.9 and 40x35.6 cm.), five with the red printed NASA credit and notation on recto, one with a black numeric notation on recto, six with a numeric stamp on verso, nine with the backprinted NASA credit and caption. 1968-72
The prints with the red numeric notations are: Astronaut Alan Bean descends ladder of Lunar Module Intrepid for EVA, November 19, 1969, Apollo 12 * Module in lunar orbit during Apollo 15 mission, July/August, 1971 * Lunar Module and U.S. flag on the surface of the Moon, Apollo 17, December 1972 * Astronaut Harrison Schmitt collects lunar rake samples during EVA, December 11, 1972, Apollo 17 * the Lunar surface, undated
Provenance: The Estate of Richard T. Rosenthal, Philadelphia
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