Photograph, Project Mercury Astronauts

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Avedon, Richard
Description
Gus Grissom, Alan Shepard, and John Glenn were three of the astronauts involved in the United States' first man-in-space program to successfully orbit a manned spacecraft around the earth.
1961
ID Number
PG.67.102.051
catalog number
67.102.51
accession number
270571
Object Name
photograph
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 71 cm x 71 cm; 27 15/16 in x 27 15/16 in
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Work and Industry: Photographic History
Richard Avedon Collection
Photography
National Museum of American History
Subject
Space Travel
Record ID
nmah_1321561
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-558d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

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