^Lot 540 Mercury 7

Vintage matte-finish 9.25 x 7.5 group photo, featuring the sharply-dressed Mercury 7 astronauts jovially admiring a large model of the Mercury rocket, signed in the wide bottom border in blue ballpoint, “Alan B. Shepard, Jr.,” “Walter M. Schirra,” “John H. Glenn, Jr.,” “Virgil I. Grissom,” and “Donald K. Slayton,” and in black fountain pen, “M. Scott Carpenter,” and “Leroy G. Cooper,Jr.” An inscription in another hand across the top reads, “To Bob & Lois Stubbs, With Best Wishes and Many Thanks For the Good Weekend. The Mercury Astronauts.” Matted to an overall size of 14 x 12. In fine condition, with some light creasing and mild silvering to some of the darker areas of the image. A crisp and vibrant example, boasting all seven ‘formal’ signatures.