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| Title | John Glenn on the monorail at the World's Fair, Seattle, 1962 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1962 |
| Caption | Colonel John Glenn visited the World's Fair on May 10, 1962. He came to Seattle to help Vice-President Lyndon Johnson dedicate the NASA exhibit and to participate in a national conference on the peaceful uses of space.
The astronaut rode the Monorail to the fair. When offered a chance to take over the controls of the train, he politely declined. |
| Notes | John Glenn also known as John Herschel Glenn.
Handwritten on sleeve: Glenn, John, Col.; monorail.
Caption information from The Seattle Times, May 19, 1962.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): May 10, 1962. |
| Subjects | Astronauts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Monorail railroads--Washington (State)--Seattle; Railroad employees--Washington (State)--Seattle; Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.) |
| Personal Names | Glenn, John, 1921- |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.26300.1 |
| 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 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative 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. |
