Title from caption on object: "Apollo 11 Astronaut Edwin Aldrin Spins a Can of Ham for Televiewers"

July 23, 1969

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Artist, American, est. 1958

Associated Press

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.7 × 22 cm (6 15/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 19 × 22.6 cm (7 1/2 × 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.21.11

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, top left printed in black ink: ALDRIN, EDWIN; by unknown hand, top left in blue ink: -Group; top right stamped in purple ink: JUL 23 1969; center left printed in black ink: RRV 04887; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: AP WIREPHOTO / [AP]OLLO 11 ASTRONAUT EDWIN ALDRIN SPINS A CAN OF HAM FOR TELEVIEWERS / was preparing to make a sandwich during trip back to earth Tuesday night.; center stamped in purple ink on applied newspaper: JUL 22 1969; by unknown hand, center in graphite: [obscured] apollo / 3 co [obscured] / Wed [obscured] 1/5 Red / [illegible] / p8; center right in red ink circled: 5; lower center stamped in black ink inverted: .69 JUL 23 AM 8:45

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