John Young Day Stone Mountain Oct 18, 1974 Apollo 16 Lunar Sample Photo 11x14 #2

Description: We go to estate sales regularly and come across a wide array of unique and rare items. We add to our growing online inventory daily. We pick up new items from all over the world and all over the US. We also have a growing customer wish list. If you'd like to, feel free to add us to your saved seller's list and let us know what you collect and/or need. We’d be honored to add you to our customer wish list.We ask what we consider to be a fair price for anything we sell and understand that our idea of a fair price may be someone else's 'that's too much' price. If that's the case, feel free to make us an offer and will consider it. We also have sales regularly, so check back often.There is always a Sale by TheBay!We bid on several lots of items of an online estate sale/auction for a lady who had passed away by the name of Mary Clemon Payne back in 2018. Mary Payne was the Executive Secretary for the Stone Mountain Memorial Association when it was formed to run Stone Mountain in 1958. Some of you may recall one of the trains that ran at Stone Mountain that was named The Mary Payne Train. It has since been replaced of course, but the park named it after her in her honor for her years of dedication to the park. You can read Mary's obituary online to learn more about the wonderful woman she was.Mary had a plethora of incredible Stone Mountain memorabilia and we were able to obtain quite a few very cool items, many of which are certainly one of a kind. We will be listing some items over the coming days, so if you're into Stone Mountain collectibles, we guarantee you that we'll be listing some items you are all but certain to never see for sale again. Now onto the item for sale.For sale is an 11" x 14" black and white photograph of NASA astronaut John Young at the unveiling of a lunar sample taken from the moon during the Apollo 16 mission at Stone Mountain on October 18, 1974.As you can see, the entire carving on Stone Mountain is in view through the window at the Memorial Hall which is pretty cool.We believe this photo would be when John Young was presented with a set of medals, as described below. Ben T. Wiggins presented the medals to John and that is Ben standing behind the podium and John holding something in his hand, although you can't tell what it is.PLEASE NOTE: We have several photographs and other items from this ceremony available for sale. If you're interested in more of this historical memorabilia, feel free to take a look. As always, we're happy to combine shipping.This photograph is almost certainly a one of a kind, or at the most, there aren't more than a few copies anywhere. We can all but guarantee that you will not see this photograph for sale again unless the buyer decides to sell it.We got several photos in this collection of John Young during the presentation ceremony described above, as well as several other items from that day. One of the items was the program for this event which was held at Memorial Hall at 1:00 pm on the above referenced date. We included a photo of the first page of the program above which is only for reference/provenance purposes only. It is NOT included with the photograph.When this lunar sample was unveiled on October 18, 1974, the John Young Day proclamation was also presented by Senator Herman Talmadge who also introduced John Young.From the other items we got from this ceremony which was aptly called the Moon Rock Ceremony, we know that lunar sample was on display at Stone Mountain until October 31, 1979 and the moon rock was transfered to Lonnie A. Wylie at Robins Air Force Base the next day at 1:00 pm.Interestingly, John Young was a graduate of Georgia Tech and the lunar sample was taken from an area of the moon that was designated "Stone Mountain", hence, the reason why the sample was displayed at Stone Mountain Park.We also know that the lunar sample weighed 129 grams and as presented in the pyramid display shown in the pictures above, it weighed 50 pounds.Another cool thing about this ceremony was that the Stone Mountain Memorial Association presented John Young with a set of Stone Mountain Memorial Medals that were only produced in 1971 by the United States Mint. The medals presented to John Young was set #222. The reason, as typed in the program, was '2 because this was your second lunar voyage and 22 because your visit to Stone Mountain (the one on the moon) was logged on April 22.This photo is in excellent condition with very minimal signs of it's 50 year age.This item will be shipped in a padded envelope via insured ground advantage with the USPS. We put all our items that ship in padded envelopes in between cardboard for extra protection during shipping.Thanks for looking and God bless!

Price: 39.99 USD

Location: Marietta, Georgia

End Time: 2025-01-18T01:04:57.000Z

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