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Crofton Lithographing Corp. Aldrin poses beside deployed U.S. flag

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09799.09 Author/Creator: Crofton Lithographing Corp. Place Written: Chicago, Illinois Type: Photograph Date: 9 September 1969 Pagination: 1 lithograph Height: 18.3 cm, Width: 23.3 cm Order a Copy

One lithograph entitled, "Aldrin poses beside deployed U.S. flag," dated September 9, 1969. Image is of Aldrin standing beside American flag on moon's surface.

Aldrin, Buzz, 1930-

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