This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 12 June 1961: Michael Hardie, of Palmerston North received a letter from Radio Moscow replying to his letter congratulating Yuri Gagarin on being the first man in space and his circumnavigation of the Earth. He also received a photograph of Yuri Gagarin and a set of the commemorative stamp issue which depicted the historical achievement.
https://d2gcg6daa92i5l.cloudfront.net/iiif/2/curtis-production2-cache%2F1%2Fe%2F4%2F103923-b084-466d-99c7-a611beefa676%2Fresize_master_99cad3778f2dec039745af31c17a7052.jpg/full/!880,1024/0/default.jpg?sig=1a9a9681fea62e98d7f18de7f2eef5a41fc428b5&ver=1580732969"Record of Historical Achievement" Yuri Gagarin Circumnavigating the Earth
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2017N_2017-20_016361
- Title
- "Record of Historical Achievement" Yuri Gagarin Circumnavigating the Earth
- Format
- B&W negative
- Held In
- Coolstore
Creation
- Created By
- Manawatu Evening Standard
- Date
- June 12, 1961
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Fairfax Media New Zealand
- License
- Contact Us For Details
Taxonomy
- Community Tags
- letters,
- space,
- stamps,
- yuri gagarin,
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