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| Title | NASA exhibit, Seattle World's Fair, 1962 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1962 |
| Caption | The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and contributing aerospace industries displayed full-scale models of the Saturn V booster rocket and John Glenn's Mercury capsule. Glenn visited Seattle toward the end of the fair, and made appearances with the genuine Mercury capsule -- the Friendship Seven. Here, two visitors examine a scale model of an astronaut inside the Space Capsule. |
| Notes | Signs in image: Capsule Forward End. Capsule Aft End.
Typed label on image: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Exhibit.
Caption information from Official Guide Book, Seattle World's Fair and MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Space vehicles--Washington (State)--Seattle; Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle; Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.); Seattle Center (Seattle, Wash.); United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Queen Anne (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1965.3598.14.19 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Century 21 World's Fair Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original print as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
