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von Braun, Wernher, Four Photographs. Four black-and-white 8 x 10 in. photographs of von Braun posing with a model of the first proposed American satellite on the occasion of Eisenhower's approval of the project, July 29, 1955; portrait of von Braun with the model of a rocket released by the U.S. Army on February 21, 1957; von Braun peering through a telescope in Saturn blockhouse during launch preparations of SA1, November 1961; [and] a photo of von Braun speaking before the American Rocket Society, describing the rendezvous flight technique under development, October 1961. (4)
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Estimate $150-250
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