Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

crop marks upper right and lower right in black ink; by unknown hand, center right in red crayon: 87; lower left Associated Press logo in black ink on applied paper; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite perpendicular: 52.5; across bottom printed in image: (WX11) WASHINGTON, Feb. 20--PRESIDENT SALUTES GLENN FLIGHT--President / Kennedy, speaking from the White House Rose Garden, today salutes space / conqueror John H. Glenn jr. for his three-orbit flight around the globe. / The President declared that in space America must “be in a position / second to none.” (AP Wirephoto) (rmb31550bhr) 1962 (See AP wire story); on verso, top left stamped in black ink: KENNEDY SALUTES 1ST MANNED FLIGHT / NO CUT FILED / 366 - 54 C; upper left stamped in red ink: FEB 21 1962 M; upper center stamped in blue ink: FEB 20 10 PM 1962; by unknown hand, upper center in graphite crossed out: 3 col / Kennedy / City Ed; upper right in red pencil circled and crossed out in graphite: 4 3/8; center left printed in black ink on applied barcode label perpendicular: ADT-307-BS; center right stamped in blue ink perpendicular: FEB 20 9 PM; lower left stamped in black ink perpendicular: OTHER; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: 3 col / Kennedy / pp / city Ed; lower center in black ink circled: 7 3/8 deep