Unknown American
Chimpanzee Ham being prepared for a successful suborbital flight in a Mercury capsule

Chimpanzee Ham being prepared for a successful suborbital flight in a Mercury capsule

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Chimpanzee Ham being prepared for a successful suborbital flight in a Mercury capsule
Artist
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Chimpanzee Ham being prepared for a successful suborbital flight in a Mercury capsule
DateJanuary 31, 1961
MediumDye imbibition print
DimensionsImage: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
 Sheet: 23 11/16 × 19 15/16 in. (60.2 × 50.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number94.718
Not on view

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Department
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: "M002 Dennis Ivy".

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