Group lot of 20 vintage original NASA photographs of Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke touring Kennedy Space Center with his wife Dorothy and their two sons, Charles and Thomas, prior to the launch of the penultimate moon-landing mission, each glossy finished, ranging in size from 8.25 x 10 and 10 x 8, with each bearing purple NASA caption text on reverse. Images include (some duplicates): the Duke family posing in front of the Saturn V rocket, next to the Apollo spacecraft with pad leader Guenter Wendt, and atop the mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39A. Also includes four photos of the Apollo 16 launch, the Saturn V rocket inside and rolling from the Vehicle Assembly Building, and the Apollo 16 Saturn V space vehicle during a fueled portion of the Countdown Demonstration Test. In overall fine condition. From the M. Edward Thomas Collection.
