The decision to go to the Moon: President Kennedy watching Freedom 7 spaceflight; Alan Shepard successfully back from space, May 5, 1961

Lot 28
20.11.2020 00:00UTC +00:00
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£ 6 250
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Lot 28 | The decision to go to the Moon: President Kennedy watching Freedom 7 spaceflight; Alan Shepard successfully back from space, May 5, 1961
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£ 2 000 – 3 000
28 a
Dean Conger

The first American in space Alan Shepard in front of his Freedom 7 spacecraft after his successful flight

Mercury Redstone 3, May 5, 1961

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 21.8 x 27.8cm, with McDonnell Douglas credit stamp (indicating the print was made in 1967), “D4C 6493” stamp and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso

28 b
Cecil Stoughton

The decision to go to the Moon: President Kennedy watching Freedom 7 Shepard flight at the White House

May 5, 1961

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “US Army Cecil W. Stoughton” credit stamp on the verso
21.8 x 27.8cm (81/2 x 11in)
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