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William Randolph Hearst

William Randolph Hearst

William Randolph Hearst, circa 1900. American businessman, newspaper publisher, and politician known for developing the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications. / File Reference # 1003-874THA

William Randolph Hearst

William Randolph Hearst

William Randolph Hearst, circa 1935. American businessman, newspaper publisher, and politician known for developing the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications. Photo by James Manatt / File Reference # 1003-873THA

Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel

Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel

American mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, circa (1944)
File Reference # 1003_820THA

Meyer Lansky

Meyer Lansky

Meyer Lansky, known as the "Mob's Accountant", was an American major organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the National Crime Syndicate in the United States (1958)
File Reference # 1003_819THA

Charles "Lucky" Luciano

Charles "Lucky" Luciano

New York Police Department Mugshot of Italian-American mobster Charles "Lucky" Luciano, February 2, 1931
File Reference # 1003_818THA

Frank Costello

Frank Costello

Frank Costello, American mobster, testifying before the Kefauver Committee investigating organized crime, (1951)
File Reference # 1003_817THA

Dead Soldiers

Dead Soldiers

Dead soldiers at the Dunker church near Sharpsburg Maryland. This photo shows the aftermath of September 17th 1862, the battle of Antietam which remains the bloodiest single day in American history with over 22,000 Americans casualties (both sides). Photo by Alexander Gardner
File Reference # 1003_793THA

Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid

Outlaw Billy the Kid Wanted and Reward poster. (born Henry McCarty September 17 or November 23, 1859 – July 14, 1881, also known as William H. Bonney) was an American Old West outlaw and gunfighter who killed eight men before he was shot and killed at age 21. He took part in New Mexico's Lincoln County War, during which he allegedly committed three murders. Circa 1880
File Reference # 1003_744THA

Rose Kennedy, Joseph Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy

Rose Kennedy, Joseph Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy

Rose Kennedy (left) and her husband, American financier Joseph Kennedy, with their daughter-in-law, Jacqueline Kennedy, at the Everglades Club, Palm Beach, Florida. Jacqueline wears a belted strapless gown. March 1954
File Reference # 1003_712THA

Jacqueline Kennedy

Jacqueline Kennedy

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of American president John F Kennedy, prepares to visit the Queen during a visit to London, circa (1962)
File Reference # 1003_706THA

Jacqueline Kennedy

Jacqueline Kennedy

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of American president John F. Kennedy, prepares to visit the Queen during a visit to London, circa (1962)
File Reference # 1003_703THA

Cleveland Streetcars

Cleveland Streetcars

Cleveland Streetcars, 1949.
File Reference # 1132_002THA

Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman, 1950.
File Reference # 1131_002THA

Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman, 1947.
File Reference # 1131_001THA

Theodore Roosevelt Portrait

Theodore Roosevelt Portrait

Theodore Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, circa 1904
File Reference # 1008_001THA

Jacqueline Kennedy

Jacqueline Kennedy

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, widow of American President John F. Kennedy circa 1968
File Reference # 1003_700THA

World War II

World War II

A Chinese soldier guarding the American Curtiss P40 fighter planes from the squadron 'Flying Tigers', China, 1942
File Reference # 1003_675THA

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

The coffin of assassinated American President John F. Kennedy (off camera) is carried down the steps at St Matthew's Cathedral, Washington, after the requiem mass. Following the coffin is his widow Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, their children Caroline and John Jr. and Robert Kennedy, November 25, 1963
File Reference # 1003_670THA

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

Commander Alan Shepard, first American in space, shakes hands with President John F. Kennedy. Also present are Mrs. Shepard, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy and Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson, May 9, 1961
File Reference # 1003_642THA

Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid (born Henry McCarty; also known as William H. Bonney), an American Old West gunfighter, circa 1880
File Reference # 1003_597THA

U.S.S. Arizona

U.S.S. Arizona

U.S.S. Arizona, December 7, 1941
Photograph: The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American
History
File Reference # 1003_594THA

D Day

D Day

A LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) from the U.S. Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase disembarks troops of Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) wading onto the Fox Green section of Omaha Beach (Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France) on the morning of June 6, 1944. American soldiers encountered the newly formed German 352nd Division when landing. During the initial landing two-thirds of the Company E became casualties.
File Reference # 1003_504THA

The U.S. Civil War

The U.S. Civil War

General William T. Sherman, circa 1861
Photographer: Mathew Brady
File Reference # 1003_471THA

The U.S. Civil War

The U.S. Civil War

Abraham Lincoln, President, U.S. circa 1863
Photo by Mathew Brady
File Reference # 1003_472THA

The U.S. Civil War

The U.S. Civil War

General Ulysses S. Grant, circa 1861
Photographer: Mathew Brady

File Reference # 1003_469THA

The U.S. Civil War

The U.S. Civil War

General Robert E. Lee, circa 1863
File Reference # 1003_466THA

Civil War Photographer

Civil War Photographer

Mathew B. Brady, circa 1863
File Reference # 1003_465THA

Day Laborers in 1940

Day Laborers in 1940

Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss. Delta
November1940

File Reference # 1003_446THA

Rural Home in Mississippi

Rural Home in Mississippi

Tenant's home beside the Mississippi River levee, near Lake Providence, La.
June 1940
File Reference # 1003_447THA

Main Street in Cascade

Main Street in Cascade

On main street of Cascade, Idaho ...
July1941
File Reference # 1003_445THA

Henry Ford

Henry Ford

Henry Ford, 1919.
File Reference # 1003_430THA

The Kennedys

The Kennedys

Presentation of the Young American Medals for Bravery. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Director of F.B.I. J. Edgar Hoover, President John F. Kennedy, others. White House, Rose Garden, 7 May 1963

File Reference # 1003_165THA

Donald H. Rumsfeld

Donald H. Rumsfeld

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld joins country music legend Dolly Parton on stage at the Grand Ole Opry during a live broadcast in Nashville, Tenn., on April 23, 2005. Rumsfeld visited Nashville to thank Parton, the Grand Ole Opry, and the American people for their support of U.S. troops. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Cherie A. Thurlby, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

File Reference # 1003_132THA

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

The coffin of assassinated American President John F. Kennedy is carried down the steps at St Matthew's Cathedral, Washington, after the requiem mass. Following the coffin is his widow Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, their children Caroline and John Jr. and Robert Kennedy. (Photo NARA)

File Reference # 1003_112THA

John F. Kennedy Inauguration

John F. Kennedy Inauguration

Inauguration of President John F. Kennedy on east portico of U.S. Capitol, January 20, 1961.
File Reference # 1003_084THA

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln, presidential candidate, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing
slightly right, 1860.
File Reference # 1003_083THA

New York Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

Telephone operator at post, new quotation system, New York Stock Exchange, circa 1928.
File Reference # 1003_082THA

Governor George Wallace

Governor George Wallace

Governor George Wallace attempting to block integration at the University of Alabama, June 11, 1963.
File Reference # 1003_081THA

Abraham Lincoln Ford Theater

Abraham Lincoln Ford Theater

President Abraham Lincoln's box at Ford's Theater Washington, D.C.,circa 1865.
File Reference # 1003_080THA

Bobby Kennedy

Bobby Kennedy

Photograph showing Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy speaking to a crowd of African Americans and whites through a megaphone outside the Justice Department; sign for Congress of Racial Equality is prominently displayed, June, 14, 1963.
File Reference # 1003_078THA

President Abraham Lincoln's Funeral

President Abraham Lincoln's Funeral

Washington, D.C. President Lincoln's funeral procession on Pennsylvania Avenue, April 19, 1865.
File Reference # 1003_076THA

Civil Rights March

Civil Rights March

Civil rights march on Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963.
File Reference # 1003_077THA

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg, November 19, 1863.
File Reference # 1003_074THA

Pedestrians on Brooklyn Bridge

Pedestrians on Brooklyn Bridge

Pedestrians on the upper deck
promenade of the Brooklyn Bridge circa 1910.
File Reference # 1003_071THA

Senator John F. Kennedy

Senator John F. Kennedy

Senator Lyndon B. Johnson and Senator John F. Kennedy standing in convertible pulling away from the State Capitol building, greeting supporters on both sides. Austin, Texas September 13, 1960.
Photo by Frank Muto
File Reference # 1003_069THA

Kennedy and Johnson Poster

Kennedy and Johnson Poster

1960 Democratic Presidential/Vice-Presidential Campaign Poster of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
File Reference # 1003_068THA

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

The Swearing in of Lyndon B. Johnson as President, November 22, 1963.
L-R: Mac Kilduff (lower left corner), Jack Valenti, Judge Sarah T. Hughes, Cong. Albert
Brooks, Lady Bird Johnson, Chief Curry (behind LBJ's hand), President Lyndon B. Johnson,
Evelyn Lincoln (eyeglasses only visible behind LBJ), Jacqueline Kennedy, Congressman Jack Brooks.

File Reference # 1003_067THA

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Mark Twain, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly right, with cigar in hand,
circa 1907.
File Reference # 1003_065THA

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens), three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly right, holding pipe, circa 1905.
File Reference # 1003_066THA

Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley, with gun Buffalo Bill gave her, 1922.
File Reference # 1003_060THA

Jesse James

Jesse James

Jesse James, 1864.
File Reference # 1003_058THA

 J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover, Director of FBI, Dept. of Justice, April 5, 1940.
File Reference # 1003_057THA

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein, 1931.
File Reference # 1003_056THA

Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull, circa 1885.
File Reference # 1003_055THA

Flag Making

Flag Making

Flag Making in Brooklyn, New York, July 24, 1940.
File Reference # 1003_053THA

Structural Worker

Structural Worker

Old-timer, keeping up with the boys. Many structural workers are above middle-age. Empire State [Building]. New York City, New York, 1930.
File Reference # 1003_052THA

Women Workers

Women Workers

A quartet of girl workers during lunch time at the Vega aircraft plant, Burbank, California. , August 1943.
File Reference # 1003_050THA

Japanese Internment Camp

Japanese Internment Camp

Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California, Grandfather and grandson of Japanese ancestry at the War Relocation Authority center, July 2, 1942.
File Reference # 1003_048THA

Homestead Settlers

Homestead Settlers

Hancock homestead, July 23, 1910.
Settler from Benson, Minn.
Sun River project, Montana.
File Reference # 1003_049THA

A farmer and his son

A farmer and his son

A farmer and his son listening to the radio in the evenings, Shawnee county, Kansas, September 23 or 24, 1924.
File Reference # 1003_047THA

President Lyndon Johnson

President Lyndon Johnson

President Lyndon Johnson with Senator Richard Russell at the White House, December 7, 1963, Washington, DC.
File Reference # 1003_046THA

Orville Wright

Orville Wright

Wright Aeroplane, Ft. Myer, VA. Orville Wright, September 1908.
File Reference # 1003_045THA

Child Workers

Child Workers

Sweeper and doffer boys in Lancaster Cotton Mills, Lancaster, S.C., December 1, 1908.
File Reference # 1003_044THA

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at the presidential retreat Shangri La, May 14, 1943.
File Reference # 1003_043THA

Vietnam Marine

Vietnam Marine

A young Marine private waits on the beach during the Marine landing, Da Nang, Vietnam, August 3, 1965.
File Reference # 1003_041THA

VJ Day

VJ Day

American servicemen and women gather in front of "Rainbow Corner" Red Cross club in Paris to celebrate the unconditional surrender of the Japanese. August 15, 1945.
File Reference # 1003_040THA

Croix de Guerre receients

Croix de Guerre receients

African American men of the 369th (15th N.Y.) who won the Croix de Guerre for gallantry in action." Left to right. Front row: Pvt. Ed Williams, Herbert Taylor, Pvt. Leon Fraitor, Pvt. Ralph Hawkins. Back Row: Sgt. H. D. Prinas, Sgt. Dan Strorms, Pvt. Joe Williams, Pvt. Alfred Hanley, and Cpl. T. W. Taylor, 1919.
File Reference # 1003_038THA

Young Mother

Young Mother

Young migratory mother, originally from Texas. Edison, Kern County, California, April 11, 1940.
File Reference # 1003_037THA

Buffalo Bill Cody

Buffalo Bill Cody

Lithograph of Buffalo Bill, (William Frederick Cody) American soldier, bison hunter and showman, circa 1890.
File Reference # 1003_036THA

Women Working During World War 2

Women Working During World War 2

A woman worker concentrates on part of the cowling for one of the motors of a B-25 bomber being assembled in the engine department of North American (Aviation, Inc.'s) Inglewood, CA, plant, 1942.

File Reference # 1003_035THA

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt, full length portrait, facing front, in deer skin hunting suit, rifle in hands, 1885.
File Reference # 1003_031THA

President-elect John F. Kennedy

President-elect John F. Kennedy

President-elect John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Father Richard J. Casey, the pastor, after
attending Mass at Holy Trinity Church prior to inauguration ceremonies, 1961.
File Reference # 1003_029THA

Pancho Villa

Pancho Villa

Pancho Villa, circa 1912.
File Reference # 1003_028THA

General George Custer

General George Custer

General George Custer, circa 1865.
File Reference # 1003_026THA

General George Custer

General George Custer

General George Custer, circa 1865.
File Reference # 1003_025THA

General George Custer

General George Custer

General George Custer, circa 1865.
File Reference # 1003_024THA

President John F. Kennedy

President John F. Kennedy

President Kennedy speaks before a crowd of 35,000 people at Rice University in the football field, September 12, 1962.
File Reference # 1003_019THA

President John F. Kennedy

President John F. Kennedy

President John F. Kennedy in his historic message to a joint session of the Congress, on May 25, 1961.
File Reference # 1003_017THA

President John F. Kennedy

President John F. Kennedy

President Kennedy speaks before a crowd of 35,000 people at Rice University in the football field, September 12, 1962.
File Reference # 1003_018THA

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman, half-length portrait, seated, facing left, wearing hat and sweater, holding butterfly, 1873.
File Reference # 1003_016THA

First Flight Kitty Hawk

First Flight Kitty Hawk

Orville Wright at the controls of the machine, lying prone on the lower wing with hips in the cradle which operated the wing-warping mechanism. Wilbur Wright running alongside to balance the machine, has just released his hold on the forward upright of the right wing. The starting rail, the wing-rest, a coil box, and other items needed for flight preparation are visible behind the machine, December 17, 1903. 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m.
File Reference # 1003_015THA

Hitchhikers 1936

Hitchhikers 1936

Two people (travelers) hitchhiking along road near a billboard that says "Next time, try the train. Relax" March 1937.
File Reference # 1003_014THA

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding his spectacles and a pencil.
February 5, 1865.


File Reference # 1003_012THA

Major General Ulysses S. Grant

Major General Ulysses S. Grant

Portrait of Major General Ulysses S. Grant, officer of the Federal Army, circa 1860.
File Reference # 1003_010THA

Major General Ulysses S. Grant

Major General Ulysses S. Grant

Portrait of Major General Ulysses S. Grant, officer of the Federal Army, circa 1860.
File Reference # 1003_011THA

President Abraham Lincoln

President Abraham Lincoln

President Abraham Lincoln, 1858.
File Reference # 1003_009THA

President Harry S. Truman

President Harry S. Truman

With smiles and a wave, President Harry S. Truman and his successor, Dwight D. Eisenhower, leave the White House in an open car on the way to Capitol for inauguration ceremonies, January 20, 1953.
File Reference # 1003_008THA

General Robert E. Lee

General Robert E. Lee

Portrait of General Robert E. Lee, officer of the Confederate Army, 1864.
File Reference # 1003_004THA

Auto Parts 1936

Auto Parts 1936

Auto parts shop. Atlanta, Georgia, 1936.
File Reference # 1002_020THA

New Orleans street scene

New Orleans street scene

Waterfront in New Orleans. French market sidewalk scene. Louisiana, 1935.
File Reference # 1002_019THA

Bethlehem graveyard

Bethlehem graveyard

Bethlehem graveyard and steel mill. Pennsylvania, 1935.
File Reference # 1002_017THA

Archival Historical

Archival Historical

Washstand in the dog run and kitchen of Floyd Burroughs' cabin. Hale County, Alabama, circa 1935.

File Reference # 1002_018THA

Slave Quarters

Slave Quarters

Exterior view of slave pen, Alexandria, Virginia, circa 1864.
File Reference # 1002_015THA

Church interior

Church interior

Church interior, Alabama or Tennessee, 1936.
File Reference # 1002_013THA

Roadside Fish Stand

Roadside Fish Stand

Roadside fish stand near Birmingham, Alabama, 1936.
File Reference # 1002_011THA

The General Store 1936

The General Store 1936

General store interior. Moundville, Alabama, 1936.
File Reference # 1002_010THA

Replastering an adobe house

Replastering an adobe house

Spanish-American women replastering an adobe house. This is done once a year. Chamisal, New Mexico, 1940.
File Reference # 1002_009THA

Woman working during World War 2

Woman working during World War 2

Woman working on an airplane motor at North American Aviation, Inc., plant in CA, 1942.
File Reference # 1002_008THA

US Sailor

US Sailor

After seven years in the Navy, J.D. Estes is considered an old sea salt by his mates at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942.
File Reference # 1002_006THA

Cabins imitating the Indian teepee

Cabins imitating the Indian teepee

Cabins imitating the Indian teepee for tourists along highway south of Bardstown, Kentucky, July 1940.
File Reference # 1002_004THA

Astronaut Edward H. White

Astronaut Edward H. White

During the Gemini 4 mission on June 3, 1965, Ed White became the first American to conduct a spacewalk. The spacewalk started at 3:45 p.m. EDT on the third orbit when White opened the hatch and used the hand-held maneuvering oxygen-jet gun to push himself out of the capsule.

File Reference # 1003_591THA

Astronaut Edward H. White

Astronaut Edward H. White

Astronaut Edward H. White, pilot for the Gemini IV spaceflight, floats in space during the first spacewalk by an American. The extravehicular activity, or spacewalk, was performed during the third Earth orbit of the Gemini IV mission. White is attached to the spacecraft by a 25-foot umbilical line and a 23-foot tether line, both wrapped in gold tape to form one cord. In his right hand White carries a Hand-Held Self-Maneuvering Unit. The visor of his helmet is gold-plated to protect him from the unfiltered rays of the sun. (June 3, 1965)

File Reference # 1003_590THA

Astronaut Edward H. White

Astronaut Edward H. White

During the Gemini 4 mission on June 3, 1965, Ed White became the first American to conduct a spacewalk. The spacewalk started at 3:45 p.m. EDT on the third orbit when White opened the hatch and used the hand-held maneuvering oxygen-jet gun to push himself out of the capsule.

The EVA started over the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii and lasted 23 minutes, ending over the Gulf of Mexico. Initially, White propelled himself to the end of the 8-meter tether and back to the spacecraft three times using the hand-held gun. After the first three minutes the fuel ran out and White maneuvered by twisting his body and pulling on the tether.

In a photograph taken by Commander James McDivitt taken early in the EVA over a cloud-covered Pacific Ocean, the maneuvering gun is visible in White's right hand. The visor of his helmet is gold-plated to protect him from the unfiltered rays of the sun.
File Reference # 1003_585THA

U.S. Space Exploration

U.S. Space Exploration

Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong during July 20, 1969's history making voyage to the moon and subsequent lunar landing.
File Reference # 1003_382THA

U.S. Space Exploration

U.S. Space Exploration

The American flag on the moon during July 1969's history making voyage to the moon and subsequent lunar landing.
File Reference # 1003_272THA

U.S. Space Exploration

U.S. Space Exploration

The American flag and Lunar landing module on the moon during July 20, 1969's history making voyage to the moon.
File Reference # 1003_264THA

U.S. Space Exploration

U.S. Space Exploration

The American flag on the moon during July 1969's history making voyage to the moon and subsequent lunar landing.
File Reference # 1003_263THA

U.S. Space Exploration

U.S. Space Exploration

(31 Jan. 1961) - Closeup view of the chimpanzee Ham, the live test subject for the Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2) test flight, following his successful recovery from the Atlantic. The 420-statute mile suborbital MR-2 flight by the 37-pound primate was a significant accomplishment on the American route toward manned spaceflight.
File Reference # 1003_183THA

President John F. Kennedy

President John F. Kennedy

President John F. Kennedy viewing astronaut John Glenn's space capsule, Friendship 7, February 23, 1962.
File Reference # 1003_042THA

Apollo 11 Launch

Apollo 11 Launch

Kennedy Space Center Deputy Director for Administration, Albert Siepert, seated at left on third row, points out highlights of Apollo 10 liftoff to Belgiums King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola. Next to the queen is Mrs. Siepert. Former Vice President Hubert Humphrey, in baseball cap at right, talks with Mr. And Mrs. Emil Mosbacher, seated next to him. Mr. Mosbacher is the Chief of U.S. Protocol. The Apollo 10 astronauts were launched by an Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle at 12:49 pm EDT, May 18, 1969, from KSC launch complex 39B.
File Reference # 1003_021THA

President John F. Kennedy

President John F. Kennedy

Dr. Wernher von Braun explains the Saturn Launch System to President John F. Kennedy. NASA Deputy Administrator Robert Seamans is to the left of von Braun, November 16, 1963.
File Reference # 1003_020THA

Buzz Aldrin's Footprint

Buzz Aldrin's Footprint

One of the first steps taken on the Moon, this is an image of Buzz Aldrin's bootprint from the Apollo 11 mission. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
File Reference # 1001_011THA

Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin

Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin

Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., Lunar Module pilot, is photographed during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface. In the right background is the Lunar Module "Eagle." On Aldrin's right is the Solar Wind Composition (SWC) experiment already deployed. This photograph was taken by Neil A. Armstrong with a 70mm lunar surface camera, 07/20/1969.
File Reference # 1001_010THA

Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr.

Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr.

Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. dons his silver Mercury pressure suit in preparation for launch. On February 20, 1962 Glenn lifted off into space aboard his Mercury Atlas (MA-6) rocket and became the first American to orbit the Earth. After orbiting the Earth 3 times, Friendship 7 landed in the Atlantic Ocean 4 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds later, just East of Grand Turk Island in the Bahamas. Glenn and his capsule were recovered by the Navy Destroyer Noa, 21 minutes after splashdown.
File Reference # 1001_009THA

Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr.

Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr.

Profile of astronaut Alan Shepard in his silver pressure suit with the helmet visor closed as he prepares for his upcoming Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) launch. On May 5th 1961, Alan B. Shepard Jr. became the first American to fly into space. His Freedom 7 Mercury capsule flew a suborbital trajectory lasting 15 minutes 22 seconds. His spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean where he and Freedom 7 were recovered by helicopter and transported to the awaiting aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lake Champlain.
File Reference # 1001_008THA

Astronaut John Glenn Jr.

Astronaut John Glenn Jr.

Overall view of astronaut John Glenn, Jr., as he enters into the spacecraft Friendship 7 prior to MA-6 launch operations at Launch Complex 14. Astronaut Glenn is entering his spacecraft to begin the first American manned Earth orbital mission. February 20,1962.
File Reference # 1001_006THA