Vintage matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of the grinning Mercury Seven astronauts posing with a rocket model, Cooper holding the separated capsule in his hand, inscribed across the top in an unknown hand, “To Mrs. Cynthia Rutter with best wishes from the Astronauts,” and signed in the lower border in various colors of ink “Alan B. Shepard, Jr.,” “Virgil I. Grissom,” “M. Scott Carpenter,” “Walter W. Schirra, Jr.,” “Donald K. Slayton,” “John H. Glenn, Jr.,” and “Leroy G. Cooper, Jr.” Light edge rippling, mild toning, small ding to right edge, and Schirra’s and Grissom’s signatures a few shades lighter than the others, otherwise fine condition. An historic and eminently presentable treasure from this earliest chapter of manned space exploration! COA Scott Cornish and R&R COA.
