Title from caption on object: “Clouds over the Cape”

January 27, 1962

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.5 × 24 cm (6 7/8 × 9 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.5 × 25.3 cm (8 1/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.177.535

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Plain Dealer Library, Cleveland, OH. Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

vertical along right edge printed in image: (CB19) COCOA BEACH, Fla., Jan. 27--CLOUDS OVER THE CAPE--Heavy clouds hang / over the nearby Cape Canaveral area today as crowds jam beaches at Cocoa / Beach awaiting the orbital shot of John H. Glenn Jr. The heavy cloud / cover postponed the attempted at least 24 hours. (AP Wirephoto) (JL70920stf- / pa) See AP Wire Story 1962; on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite perpendicular: 1979; top left in red pencil: FLORIDA - COCOA BEACH; top center stamped in green ink: PLAIN DEALER LIBRARY / JAN 30 1962; by unknown hand, top right in red pencil circled: geog [?]

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