James A. McDivitt (American, b. 1929)

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James A. McDivitt (American, b. 1929)
First U.S. Spacewalk, Ed White's EVA Over Texas, Gemini 4, June 3, 1965. Large-format vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the verso, image/sheet size 11 x 14 in. (27.7 x 35.5 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Minor wear at corners.

N.B. 'Ed...was floating away from the spacecraft and as he moved around I could look out the hatch and see him against the background of the Earth. That was rather impressive,' recalled McDivitt (Schick and Van Haaften, p. 35). 'When I saw these photographs for the first time I couldn't believe it...It was scary to look at that stuff in the dark room with the lights out. When you saw those pictures gleaming up from a light table it gave you goose bumps,' recalled Les Gaver, former photography director, Public Affairs, NASA (Schick and Van Haaften, p. 34). The NASA negative number is S-65-30428.
Estimate $3,000-5,000


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