Object Details
- Description
- This is an addressed and mailed postcard for the September 9, 1969 first day of issue/first day cover of the United States commemmorating man's first footstep on the moon.
- The front of the postcard contains three black and white images, oriented horizontally. The left image depicts an astronaut on a ladder from the spacecraft. The middle image is a front view of the astronaut standing on the moon. The right image is a left profile view of the astronaut standing on the moon, looking straight ahead at the United States flag, planted on the surface of the moon.
- Text on the front of the postcard reads: "The Astronauts saw it. Hasselblad took it."
- The back of the postcard contains the stamp and two postmarks. The first postmark reads: "WASHINGTON, DC SEP 9 1969." The second postmark reads: "MOON LANDING JUL 20 1969."
- Text on the back left of the postcard reads: "Once more Hasselblad has proved its fantastic capability of producing the countless startling photographs in space and now on the moon. For a full color 20
- ' x 35" poster, illustrated on the other side of this card, send $1.00 to: Paillard Incorporated, 1900 Lower Road, Linden, New Jersey 07036. And at the same time don't forget to request the free 48-page Hasselblad catalog."
- The jumbo stamp is oriented horizontally. Black print along the bottom reads: "FIRST MAN ON THE MOON." Red print along the right edge reads: "UNITED STATES."
- The image on the stamp depicts a left profile view of an astronaut standing on the surface of the moon with his left foot, right foot raised in the air. The Apollo 11 is in the background to the left, and the Earth can be seen in the background to the right. A yellow rectangle in the top lef corner of the stamp contains the text: "10 ยข AIRMAIL"
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- September 9, 1969
- Credit Line
- Wayne Hill Photographica Collection
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 6 in; 8.89 cm x 15.24 cm
- Object Name
- postcard
- picture postcard
- postage stamp
- airmail stamp
