Launch of Space Shuttle Columbia at 8:53 a.m. (EST), March 4, 1994

Launch of Space Shuttle Columbia at 8:53 a.m. (EST), March 4, 1994

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Launch of Space Shuttle Columbia at 8:53 a.m. (EST), March 4, 1994
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Launch of Space Shuttle Columbia at 8:53 a.m. (EST), March 4, 1994
  • from: NASA: A Quarter Century of Space Exploration
DateMarch 4–18, 1994
MediumDye imbibition print
DimensionsImage: 19 1/4 × 18 3/4 in. (48.9 × 47.6 cm)
 Sheet: 22 1/2 × 19 7/8 in. (57.2 × 50.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number94.646
Non exposé

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Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "Quest for the Moon and Other Stories: Four Decades of Astronauts in Space," at the Shell and the American Landscape Museum, Houston, TX, March 6, 2001 to May 29, 2001 (LN:2001.23).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: In the lower left margin, in black ink, "1/50", lower left verso, in black ink, "This Dye-Transfer is the 1 Print from an edition of 50. It was made in Houston, Texas by Dennis Ivy."
The photograph is signed in pencil, lower left corner, verso: "L001 Dennis R. Ivy".

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