Group lot of 20 vintage original candid glossy 5 x 4 NASA photos of the Gemini 4 post-flight dinner ceremony, containing various images of event honorees Ed White II and Jim McDivitt, as well as other attending astronauts Gordon Cooper, Charles Conrad, Deke Slayton, and Elliot See, the latter of which who is pictured four times. In overall fine condition. After serving as the backup pilot for Gemini 5, See was was slated as a crew member for the Gemini 9 mission with Charles Bassett; both See and Bassett were killed on February 28, 1966, when their T-38 trainer jet crashed en route to space rendezvous simulator training at Lambert Field in St. Louis, Missouri. White would pass at the age of 36 on January 27, 1967, as part of the Apollo 1 tragedy. From the M. Edward Thomas Collection.
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