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Crofton Lithographing Corp. [Commemorative images of Apollo 11's lunar landing]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09799.18 Author/Creator: Crofton Lithographing Corp. Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Typed letter signed Date: July 1969 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 27.9 x 35.5 cm. Order a Copy

One promotional image commemorating Apollo 11's lunar mission dated July 1969. Item imprints portraits of astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin, the astronaut patch, and declaration signed by the three astronauts and President Richard Nixon.

Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012
Collins, Michael, 1930-
Aldrin, Buzz, 1930-
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

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