Title from caption on object: "Watches Dad at Work”
August 1, 1971
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Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 18 × 22.1 cm (7 1/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
sheet: 18.8 × 22.8 cm (7 3/8 × 9 in.) -
Accession
2018.21.29
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
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Inscriptions
on verso, center left stamped in black ink: RSG 79415; center printed in black ink on applied label: (MSC22) SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, Tex., Aug. 1-- WATCHES DAD AT WORK-- James / Irwin, 8, registers his approval of the job his dad, Apollo 15 lunar / module pilot, LT. Col. James B. Irwin, is doing on the moon as he / watches the telecast of the lunar exploration at a neighbor's home / Sunday. (AP Wirephoto) (dt11315stf) 1971; by unknown hand, center in graphite circled: James IRWIN / 3 cols x 4 1/4" [illegible printing note]; lower center stamped in red ink: AUG 2 1971