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(SPACE.) Collection of early NASA photographs from the Mercury program. 112 photographs, each 8 x 10 inches, most with NASA catalog numbers in the margins and printed NASA captions on verso; most slightly curled with minor wear, some with light surface staining, a few with binder notches along one edge. Cape Canaveral, FL and elsewhere, most or all 1959-1962
The bulk of this collection consists of official NASA black and white photographs. They include a pre-launch image of "Big Joe," which became the first successful unmanned launch in the Mercury program in 1959; the well-known 1960 group portrait of the original Mercury Seven astronauts; and Alan Shepard being raised from the water after the first American manned space flight in 1961. John Glenn is featured in many images, including several taken before his 1962 Friendship 7 flight (the first American manned orbit); a tour for President Kennedy of the Mercury Control Center; and a few of the Glenn family. A group of 9 color photographs are all uncaptioned, with no backmarks. One shows Mercury astronauts Glenn, Grissom and Shepard in their spacesuits circa 1961 (illustrated).
WITH--12 color photomechanical prints, some from Apollo 10, 11, and 14 (1969-1971), and the others uncaptioned.
