Title from caption on object: “The 60-Foot Head of Abraham Lincoln...”, July 23, 1962

Inscription

on verso, across top printed in applied photo paper: (LON13) LONDON, July 23 (AP)- The 60 foot head / of Abraham Lincoln as seen by television viewers / here tonight when European watchers were taken / to [Cus]ter National Park for a live television / broadcast relayed via Telestar. / (AP Wirephoto) (hb 23762 PRI/STF) / ln/ny rca I64 247 sqcm 2030gmt 23/7 / pss collect appho nyk; upper left printed in black ink on applied barcode label perpendicular: historicimages.com / cw16599; center left printed in black ink on applied newspaper: As England Saw Us / LONDON--These photos, taken directly from / television screens in England, show how the / British television audience received the live / broadcast yesterday relayed directly here / via the Telstar communications satellite. At / top is the 60-foot head of Abraham Lincoln / televised from Mt. Rushmore in South Dako- / ta. Below is a baseball game from Chicago. / AP Wirephotos by Radio; center left stamped in blue ink on applied newspaper: JUL 24 '62 PD; center left stamped in blue ink: JUL 24 '62 PD; by unknown hand, center in red pencil circled: Satellite - Telstar / 1st TV Show; center in red pencil underlined: Abraham Lincoln ✓; center right stamped in green ink perpendicular: PLAIN DEALER LIBRARY / NOV 14 1962

Provenance

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

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