Early views of Earth including the largest hitherto photographed from space; scientist Clyde Holliday; the first rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, July 1948-October 1954 - photo 1
Early views of Earth including the largest hitherto photographed from space; scientist Clyde Holliday; the first rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, July 1948-October 1954 - photo 2
Early views of Earth including the largest hitherto photographed from space; scientist Clyde Holliday; the first rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, July 1948-October 1954 - photo 3
Early views of Earth including the largest hitherto photographed from space; scientist Clyde Holliday; the first rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, July 1948-October 1954 - photo 4
Early views of Earth including the largest hitherto photographed from space; scientist Clyde Holliday; the first rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, July 1948-October 1954 - photo 5
Early views of Earth including the largest hitherto photographed from space; scientist Clyde Holliday; the first rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, July 1948-October 1954 - photo 6
Early views of Earth including the largest hitherto photographed from space; scientist Clyde Holliday; the first rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, July 1948-October 1954 - photo 7
Early views of Earth including the largest hitherto photographed from space; scientist Clyde Holliday; the first rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, July 1948-October 1954 - photo 8
Early views of Earth including the largest hitherto photographed from space; scientist Clyde Holliday; the first rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, July 1948-October 1954 - photo 9
Early views of Earth including the largest hitherto photographed from space; scientist Clyde Holliday; the first rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, July 1948-October 1954 - photo 10
Early views of Earth including the largest hitherto photographed from space; scientist Clyde Holliday; the first rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, July 1948-October 1954 - photo 11
Early views of Earth including the largest hitherto photographed from space; scientist Clyde Holliday; the first rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, July 1948-October 1954 - photo 12
Early views of Earth including the largest hitherto photographed from space; scientist Clyde Holliday; the first rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, July 1948-October 1954 - photo 13
Early views of Earth including the largest hitherto photographed from space; scientist Clyde Holliday; the first rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, July 1948-October 1954 - photo 14
Early views of Earth including the largest hitherto photographed from space; scientist Clyde Holliday; the first rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, July 1948-October 1954 - photo 15
Early views of Earth including the largest hitherto photographed from space; scientist Clyde Holliday; the first rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, July 1948-October 1954 - photo 16
Early views of Earth including the largest hitherto photographed from space; scientist Clyde Holliday; the first rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, July 1948-October 1954 - photo 1

Early views of Earth including the largest hitherto photographed from space; scientist Clyde Holliday; the first rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, July 1948-October 1954

Lot 3
20.11.2020 00:00UTC +00:00
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£ 1 250
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 468713
Lot 3 | Early views of Earth including the largest hitherto photographed from space; scientist Clyde Holliday; the first rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, July 1948-October 1954
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
3 a
Taken by a camera installed on an aerobee rocket by scientists of Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Earth’s surface seen from 16 miles up from the ascending aerobee rocket

July 26, 1948

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), original US Army & Johns Hopkins (APL) photograph with US Army & Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) caption dated “October 24, 1948” on the verso

3 b
Taken by a camera installed on an aerobee rocket by scientists of Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

The curvature of the Earth from 57 miles up

July 26, 1948

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 18 x 22.8cm, original press photo with Associated Press Photo caption dated “10/19/48” on the verso

3 c
US Navy / Unidentified photographer

Engineer Clyde Holliday examining rocketborne cameras which took early pictures from space

October 1948

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 16 x 18.9cm, original wire press photo, with International News credit stamp and press caption on the verso

3 d
Taken by a camera installed on the V2 rocket by scientists of Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Earth’s surface seen from the ascending rocket at an altitude of 40 miles

November 18, 1949

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 18 x 22.8cm, original press photo with International News Photo credit stamp and “MAR 1 1950” stamp on the verso

3 e
Taken by a camera installed on the V2 rocket by scientists of Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Earth from space

November 18, 1949

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 18 x 22.8cm, original press photo with International News Photo credit stamp and “MAR 1 1950” stamp on the verso

3 f
US Army / Unidentified Photographer

The first rocket launched from Cape Canaveral

July 24, 1950

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 19.4 x 25cm, original press photo with Culver Pictures credit stamp on the verso

3 g
Taken by a 16mm camera installed on NAVY aerobee sounding rocket by scientists of the Naval Research Laboratory

The Earth from 100 miles up

October 1954

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 16.6 x 21.8cm, original wire press photo with Associated Press (AP) press caption in margin dated “1955” and press caption on the verso

3 h
Taken by a 16mm camera installed on NAVY aerobee sounding rocket by scientists of the Naval Research Laboratory

The largest area of Earth hitherto photographed from space

October 1954

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), original General Aerojet Corporation photograph with “Aero LT General Corp Photo” credit stamp on the verso
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
Auction house category:Photography
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