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Gemini 3 Astronaut Photo, Signed by LBJ

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
Gemini 3 Astronaut Photo, Signed by LBJ
<B>Photograph Inscribed and Signed by Lyndon Johnson as President.</B></I> Black and white 10" x 8" photograph of the Gemini 3 astronauts and President Lyndon B. Johnson. Shortly before the mission, astronauts Gus Grissom (command pilot), John Young (pilot), and Wally Schirra (back-up command pilot) posed for an outdoor photo with the President. Inscribed by LBJ: "<I>To Virgil Grissom with high regard. Lyndon B. Johnson</B></I>." Grissom was the second American to fly in space, making the first manned flight of the Gemini spacecraft very much a test flight, lasting less than five hours. Grissom would be killed two years later, along with astronauts Ed White and Roger Chaffee, during a training exercise for the Apollo 1 mission. Photo is in excellent condition. Matted and framed to an overall size of 14.25" x 12.5".<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Framed - with Glass, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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