Fascinating archive of over 250 lunar surface photographs and 28 first edition NASA charts and maps from the personal collection of Jerry Werner, a former employee at the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center (later the Defense Mapping Agency) in St. Louis, Missouri, where he worked as a supervisor in charge of the production of lunar mapping. The semi-glossy 5 x 5 photos, the majority 1st generation prints from the original negatives, feature an array of detailed lunar surface images, with the most significant taken during the Apollo 15 mission in Hasselblad format (70mm). The photos are stapled and arranged in sequential strips, annotated in red felt tip by revolution and frame number, and color-coded with small dots of red, orange, blue, green, purple, and white. The first sheet contains 183 photos and the second sheet contains 74, approximately, all of which are stapled to a pair of 40 x 30 cardstock mounts (a few photographs detached from second sheet). The photos were taken with a stereoscope and are a succession of different pictures from different sides and angles all taken at the same time to make them 3-dimensional.
The charts, which range in size from 18.75 x 17 to 49 x 29, the majority being first edition examples, include:
Ranger VIII Lunar Map (Sabine)
Ranger VIII Lunar Chart (Sabine DM, RLC 9: first edition)
Lunar Chart Index (LAC Index No. 1)
Lunar Chart (LPC-1: first edition)
Lunar Chart (Encke, AIC 57 C: first edition)
Lunar Chart (Gambart, AIC 58 C: first edition)
Lunar Chart (Rienhold, AIC 58 D: first edition)
Lunar Chart (Triesnecker, AIC 59C: first edition)
Lunar Chart (Pallas, AIC 59 D: first edition)
Lunar Chart (Agrippa, AIC 60D: first edition)
Lunar Chart (Flamsteed, AIC 75 A: first edition)
Lunar Chart (Flammarion, AIC 77A: first edition)
Lunar Chart (Delambre, AIC 78 A: first edition)
Lunar Chart (Torricelli, AIC 78 B: first edition)
Lunar Chart (Capella, AIC 79 A: first edition)
Lunar Chart (Messier, AIC 79B: first edition)
Lunar Map (ORB-I-9.2d (25): first edition)
Lunar Photomap (ORB-I-9.2d (25): first edition)
Lunar Map (Surveyor 1 Site, 1:2000: first edition)
Lunar Earthside Chart (2 copies: Provisional, LEC-1: first edition; with folded left and right borders)
Lunar Earthside Chart (2 copies: LMP-1: first edition; with folded left and right borders)
Lunar Earthside Hemisphere (LEM-1A: second edition)
Lunar Planning Chart (2 copies: LOC-2: first edition; with folded left borders)
Lunar Topographic Map (Fra Mauro: first edition)
Lunar Topographic Photomap (Rima Bode II: first edition)
Each chart features taped upper tabs that are screw-mounted to a 40 x 32 cardstock display board (the mounting holes are torn and no longer hold the assembled charts). Included with the archive is a group of 10 original 150m photographic prints of the lunar surface taken during the Apollo 17 mission. In overall fine condition, with some creases to charts, and some slight wear and aforementioned staple holes to photos.
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