Sunset. Mercury 6, 1962
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Title
Sunset. Mercury 6, 1962
Collection
Names
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 (Photographer)
Polaroid Corp. (American, established 1937) (Printer)
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Sponsor)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1962
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 89PH035.002
Genres
Notes
Bibliography: Schick, Ron, and Julie Van Haaften. "The View from Space: American Astronaut Photography, 1962-1972". New York: C.N. Potter: Distributed by Crown, 1988. [call no. *R-Photo 88-3468]
Physical Description
Extent: Digitally exposed chromogenic print on RC paper. Top left-hand corner of print cut out; print in sink mat.
Extent: Image: 13 7/16 × 20 3/16 in. (34.1 × 51.3 cm) Paper / Sheet: 16 3/16 × 24 3/16 in. (41.1 × 61.4 cm)Mat / Mount (mat): 28 × 25 3/4 in. (71.1 × 65.4 cm)
Identifiers
TMS ID: 509180
TMS Object Number: 89PH035.002
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 20.01.PROG58
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a42e5110-0c8e-013c-420d-0242ac110002
Rights
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Sunset. Mercury 6, 1962" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1962. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a42e5110-0c8e-013c-420d-0242ac110002
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1962). Sunset. Mercury 6, 1962 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a42e5110-0c8e-013c-420d-0242ac110002
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Sunset. Mercury 6, 1962" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a42e5110-0c8e-013c-420d-0242ac110002
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