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[Photograph of James Irwin on the moon]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.146.03 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph signed Date: September 5, 1986 Pagination: SPh Order a Copy

Signed photograph of Irwin saluting the American flag on the moon. He autographs it: "Jesus walking on the earth is more important than man walking on the moon."

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