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Vintage matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of the 'Mercury Seven' admiring a model of the Atlas rocket in 1959, signed in the lower border in ink and ballpoint by all seven original astronauts: "Alan B. Shepard, Jr.," "Virgil I. Grissom," "John H. Glenn, Jr.," "M. Scott Carpenter," "Leroy S. Cooper, Jr.," "Donald K. Slayton," and "Walter M. Schirra, Jr.,” who adds an inscription to the upper right, “To Doris, with best wishes from the astronauts.” The recipient, Doris S. Kreske, worked in the personnel office of the Manned Spacecraft Center during Project Mercury. In fine condition, with a couple of small creases and some minor silvering. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity and grading from Zarelli Space Authentication, assigning the autographs a grade of "8."
