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Listen: The Folk ProgramLaunch of America's first man in space - Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Image Number
RC04805
Date Note
Photographed on May 5, 1961.
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Physical Description
1 photoprint - b&w - 10 x 8 in.
General Note
Alan B. Shepard Jr. flew a sub-orbital trajectory on a Mercury-Redstone vehicle named Freedom 7.
Launch of America's first man in space - Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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