By the Light of the Silvery Moon: A Century of Lunar Photographs to Apollo 11

Two nearly identical black and white images of the lunar surface are encased in round openings in a rectangular, red holder. The edges of the holder are wrapped with tape or other material in a similar red color. The photographs are to either side of decorations and text in gold that create a vertical line up the center, between the photographs. Text along the top reads, “LUNAR PHOTOGRAPHS BY WARREN DE LA RUE F.R.S. Pres RAS.” An ornament like a downward pointing fleur-de-lis is printed beneath the text. An identical ornament pointing upward is placed above the bottom text which reads, “ENLARGED AND PUBLISHED BY SMITH BECK & BECK LONDON.” Each text block is enclosed by triangular shapes with inward curving sides and points that meet in the middle between the images of the moon.

Warren De La Rue, Full Moon, 1858-1859, printed 1862, stereoscopic glass transparency, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon, 2006.170.1

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Lewis M. Rutherfurd, Photographie de la lune a son 1er Quartier, March 6, 1865, albumen print, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund, 2006.133.115

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Loewy et Puiseux, Maurice Loewy, Pierre Henri Puiseux, Photographie Lunaire Rayonnement de Tycho - Phase Croissante, 1899, photogravure, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund, 2006.133.90

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Charles Le Morvan, Carte photographique de la lune, planche XVII.A (Photographic Chart of the Moon, plate XVII.A), August 27, 1902, printed 1914, photogravure, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, 2018.22.1.41

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lunar Orbiter, Medium Resolution, LOIV M-082, May 16, 1967, 3 gelatin silver prints, tape, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon, 2018.177.20

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Earthrise Across Mare Smythii, July 16-24, 1969, chromogenic print, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon, 2018.177.24

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Neil Armstrong, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Buzz Aldrin Poses with Flag, July 20, 1969, chromogenic print, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon, 2018.177.26

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Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Buzz Aldrin's Footprint, July 20, 1969, gelatin silver print, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon, 2018.177.23

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William Paul Taub, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Title from caption on object: "This Was the Celebration Scene in Mission Control...”, July 24, 1969, gelatin silver print, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon, 2018.21.21

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