Scarce official color glossy 8 x 10 numbered NASA photo (S-69-31741) of CDR Armstrong in his white space suit against a lunar backdrop, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip, "To Gledhill Cameron—with best wishes, Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11.” Reverse bears purple NASA caption text and "A Kodak Paper" watermarks. In very good to fine condition, with small creases and surface impressions, and a paperclip impression to the top edge.
Accompanied by six vintage official NASA photos related to the Apollo 11 mission and the lunar module, with the reverse of three bearing annotations directing them to be returned to the recipient, Gledhill Cameron Zapolski, a staff writer for the Trenton Times newspaper in New Jersey. Also included is a transmittal letter from Armstrong’s secretary Geneva Barnes, NASA letterhead, May 18, 1971, forwarding to Zapolski the photograph and stating: “Mr. Armstrong has asked me to reply to your letter requesting that he respond to your questions which you plan to use as a basis for a second anniversary article in your Sunday magazine.”
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