Object number:
2010.54.18740
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
Commemorating the Flight of Apollo XI
Date made:
LATE 20TH EARLY 21ST CENTURY
Material/Technique:
Offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
H: 20 in, W: 16 in
Credit line:
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
Poster
Content description:
Poster has a color stylized image of the three astronauts from the 1969 lunar mission - Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, and Edwin E. Adrin, Jr. In the background is an image of outerspace looking at the earth, moon, and lunar shuttle. At the bottom of the poster is a reproduction of the plaque placed on the moon with the text "Commemorating The Flight Of Apollo XI / Here Men From The Planet Earth / First Set Foot Upon The Moon / July 1969, A.D. / We Came In Peace For All Mankind", listing the astronauts and the president, Richard Nixon.
Concepts:
outer space; mission; moon; astronaut
Persons:
Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.; Neil A. Armstrong; Michael Collins
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