Apollo 11. Man’s First Landing on the Moon Photograph Signed, 20 July 1969, vintage black and white photograph taken from film exposed by the 16mm Data Acquisition Camera which was mounted in the Lunar Module, showing Neil Armstrong (left) and Buzz Aldrin raising the United States Flag at the Sea of Tranquility site, signed by all three crew members, ‘Neil Armstrong / TRANQUILITY BASE / MOON LANDING OF APOLLO 11 / 20 JULY 1969’ inscribed in black felt tip upper left, signed ‘M[ichael] Collins’ in gold or orange felt tip to lower left edge, now slightly indistinct, and signed ‘Buzz Aldrin’ in black felt tip to right of his own figure, the shadow of the Lunar Module Eagle running across the image on the Moon’s surface, 19 x 24cm, on original mount with printed caption pasted beneath noting that this photograph was signed by all three crew members on their return from the Moon, overall 28 x 28cm (Qty: 1) Provenance: Norris McWhirter (1925-2004), by family descent. Norris McWhirter was a British writer, political activist and television presenter, known most famously for founding, with his brother Ross, the Guinness World Records, which they wrote and annually updated together between 1955 and 1975.
Apollo 11. Man’s First Landing on the Moon Photograph Signed, 20 July 1969, vintage black and white photograph taken from film exposed by the 16mm Data Acquisition Camera which was mounted in the Lunar Module, showing Neil Armstrong (left) and Buzz Aldrin raising the United States Flag at the Sea of Tranquility site, signed by all three crew members, ‘Neil Armstrong / TRANQUILITY BASE / MOON LANDING OF APOLLO 11 / 20 JULY 1969’ inscribed in black felt tip upper left, signed ‘M[ichael] Collins’ in gold or orange felt tip to lower left edge, now slightly indistinct, and signed ‘Buzz Aldrin’ in black felt tip to right of his own figure, the shadow of the Lunar Module Eagle running across the image on the Moon’s surface, 19 x 24cm, on original mount with printed caption pasted beneath noting that this photograph was signed by all three crew members on their return from the Moon, overall 28 x 28cm (Qty: 1) Provenance: Norris McWhirter (1925-2004), by family descent. Norris McWhirter was a British writer, political activist and television presenter, known most famously for founding, with his brother Ross, the Guinness World Records, which they wrote and annually updated together between 1955 and 1975.
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