Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2014.021.004 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
23 color photos of the days leading up to and the actual opening of the Alice G. Wallace Planetarium on John Fitch Highway, January 1970. Includes: space capsule simulaor; arrival of moon rock at F. Airport - Fitchburg first public showing of the rock; Astronaut, Capt. Richard F. Gordon, Jr.; crowds in attendance including a dinner and shots inside the planetarium |
Date |
1970 |
Photographer |
A. P. Miller |
Print size |
8" x 10" |
People |
Flynn, William G. Gordon, Richard Wallace, Alice G. |
Search Terms |
Civic Center Apollo spacecraft |
Lexicon sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Source |
Kukkula Estate |
Notes |
These are from a box of photos left on the porch of Doris Kukkula's Harvard Street, Fitchburg home and donated to the Society by her family. Former Mayor William Flynn assisted with identification. |
Catalog date |
2014-09-02 |