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Mercury 7 signed page, taken from ''The Project Mercury Astronauts,'' featuring each astronaut's photo. All seven of the original group selected by NASA sign beside their images: ''John H. Glenn, Jr.'', ''Virgil I Grissom'', ''Alan B. Shepard Jr.'', ''Leroy G. Cooper Jr.'', ''M. Scott Carpenter'', ''Walter M. Schirra Jr.'' and ''Donald K. Slayton''. Page is excised from ''The Project Mercury Astronauts,'' published by E.P. Dutton: New York: 1960. Measures 5.25'' x 8''. Bottom and right edges are trimmed with slight irregularity. Miniscule hole to the bottom of the ''G'' in Grissom. Inch-long shallow chip to the bottom edge with an ink halo surrounding Schirra's signature, else fine.
Page Signed by the Original Mercury 7 Astronauts Next to Their Photos -- John Glenn, Virgil Grissom, Alan Shepard, Leroy Cooper, M. Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra & Donald K. Slayton
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