Lot # 129 - 9 NASA Photos of Chimpanzee "Ham" - Mercury-Redstone Orbit Fame

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Pickup Instructions: Local pickups will be on SATURDAY, September 28th, from 9am - 2pm. Address for local pickups will be added electronically on your invoice the morning of pickups. For planning purposes, the location is on Kent’s West Hill near Sunnycrest Elementary School.
Start Date/Time: 16-Sep-2024 7:00:00 AM
End Date/Time: 23-Sep-2024 8:08:00 PM
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Description :

9 black & white photographs issued by NASA in 1961 detailing the early sub-orbital flight taken by chimpanzee Ham in the space program (Mercury-Redstone). Ham was one of a group of 6 chimps chosen & trained for the experimental flights – most of the photos feature him since he was the chimp chosen in the end for the 16-minute flight. Each photo has a description on the verso of what is happening. Photos are in excellent shape although the descriptions appear to have been done with a mimeograph machine and have faded considerably over time.

For more info on this program, check out ‘ ‘We Gave It Away’: Remembering the Unhappy Flight of Ham the Chimp, 60 Years On - AmericaSpace 

Ham lived another 20 years after the flight in the National Zoo and died in 1983.   


Dimensions : 8 in W x 10 in H

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