Title from caption on object: “Headed for Orbit”

February 20, 1962

American 20th Century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 24 × 15 cm (9 7/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.4 × 20.6 cm (10 × 8 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.536

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

crop marks top center, upper center, and lower center in black ink and white paint; lower left Associated Press logo in black ink on applied paper; by unknown hand, lower right in grease pencil: E57; across bottom printed in image: (CBX5) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Feb. 20--HEADED FOR / ORBIT--Spacecraft on top of Atlas rocket streaks / skyward after launching from Cape Canaveral, Fla. / today. (AP Wirephoto) (JL31002stf) See AP Wire / Story 1962; on verso, top left stamped in black ink: SPACE FLIGHTS:MERCURY:1ST MANNED / NO CUT FILED / 366 - 54 C; upper left stamped in red ink: FEB 20 1962 5E [by unknown hand in black ink: [star]]; upper center stamped in blue ink: FEB 20 11 07 AM 1962; by unknown hand, upper center in graphite underlined: 3 col / Sub Fire / 1 15 Ed / Daily; center left printed in black ink on applied barcode label perpendicular: ADT-292-BS; center left stamped in black ink perpendicular: OTHER; center Associated Press copyright stamp in black ink inverted; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite circled: 12 3/4; bottom center inverted and underlined: Mr. Tresick

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