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Image of NASA exhibit, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
1965.3598.14.18
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NASA exhibit, Seattle World's Fair, 1962

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At the fair, 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. This exhibit graphic shows the Space Capsule with its single astronaut.

Caption on image: Capsule cutaway.
Typed label on image: Space Capsule.
Caption information from Official Guide Book, Seattle World's Fair and MOHAI staff.
ID Number: 1965.3598.14.18
Date: 1962
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Additional Information: View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv17999
Credit: MOHAI, Walter Straley Century 21 Exposition Photograph Collection, 1965.3598.14.18
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects: Century 21 Exposition (1962 World's Fair), Aerospace

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