Title from caption on object: “Glenn Prepares for Space Flight”

January 1962

American 20th Century, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.9 × 21.6 cm (7 1/16 × 8 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 20.6 × 22.3 cm (8 1/8 × 8 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.533

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

crop marks around perimeter in grease pencil; by unknown hand, upper center in red ink circled: top; upper right in black ink: x; upper right in grease pencil: 67.5; lower left Associated Press logo in black ink on applied paper; on verso, upper right stamped in red ink perpendicular: JAN 26 1962E; upper right stamped in black ink perpendicular: NO CUT FILED / 366 - 54 C; along right edge stamped in black ink: SPACE SHIPS: MERCURY - ORBITAL 1ST - MANNED / GLENN, JOHN H. JR.; by unknown hand, center left in graphite circled: 4 5/8; center in blue ink: Glenn / [obscured printing notes]; center printed in applied photo paper perpendicular: (CB6) CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA., Jan. 25-GLENN PREPARES FOR SPACE FLIGHT-- / Astronaut John Glenn looks through plastic on which are drawn heavenly / bodies at a plastic globe as he gets ready to make his scheduled three / orbital flight around the earth this Saturday. Picture was released by / the National Aeronautics and Space Administration tonight. / (NASA Photo via AP Wirephoto) (pjm52340nasa) 1962; center right stamped in blue ink perpendicular: JAN 26 8 11 AM 1962; lower left printed in black ink on applied barcode label inverted: ADT-216-BS; lower center stamped in black ink inverted: OTHER

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