Title from caption on object: “Air Force Col. John Powers, Right, Stands by John Glenn after Glenn's Arrival on Grand Turk Island...”
February 20, 1962
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Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print with applied color
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 17.2 × 21.1 cm (6 3/4 × 8 5/16 in.)
sheet: 20.6 × 21.9 cm (8 1/8 × 8 5/8 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.539
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
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Inscriptions
retouching across recto in grey paint; crop marks around perimeter in black ink; by unknown hand, top center in red crayon: 67; lower left Associated Press logo in black ink on applied label; on verso, upper center printed in black ink on applied newspaper inverted: CLOSE BY -- Air Force Col. John Powers, right, stands by John Glenn [circled] after Glenn's arrival on / Grand Turk Island in British Bahamas after Glenn's flight. Powers is astronauts' spokesman.; by unknown hand, center in blue ink: Powers / 3 col x 4 1/2 / (Three) / Sat eve [circled]; bottom left stamped in black ink perpendicular: JOHN GLENN JR / NO CUT FILED / 366 - 54 B; bottom left stamped in red ink perpendicular: FEB 24 1962 E; bottom center printed in black ink on applied barcode label inverted: ADT-061-BS; bottom right stamped in black ink perpendicular: OTHER