The first American rocket to reach outer space, May 1946; Wernher von Braun, inventor of the V-2 rocket and future inventor of the Saturn V rocket, at the end of WWII, May 1945
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ID 468711
Lot 1 | The first American rocket to reach outer space, May 1946; Wernher von Braun, inventor of the V-2 rocket and future inventor of the Saturn V rocket, at the end of WWII, May 1945
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£ 1 500 – 2 500
Louis Weintraub, US Army
“Rocket Man”: Wernher von Braun, inventor of the V-2 rocket and future inventor of the Saturn V rocket, surrendering to the US Army at the end of WWII
May 1945
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 18 x 18.2cm, original press photo with Pictorial Press London photo caption and Pictorial Press credit stamp on the verso
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US Army / Unidentified Photographer
The first American rocket to reach outer space on pad at White Sands Missile Range
May 10, 1946
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.8 x 25.3cm (8 x 10in), original US Army Ordnance Proving Ground photograph, with printed caption “V-2 being placed in position for firing 10 May 1946” and “US Army Ordnance Proving Ground, White Sands, N.M.” below image, with two filing holes in left margin
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