https://d28dhd8eubcyz4.cloudfront.net/iiif/2/curtis-production2-cache%2F1%2Ff%2F4%2F0daad5-cd1a-4c82-81f1-a86d38f558e9%2Fresize_master_f6e02fae61cccfc82b6daa1f506e3bc7.jpg/full/!880,1024/0/default.jpg?sig=f18169c2ad9f5d89c91db1499edef9024304784f&ver=1628801432"Record of Historical Achievement" Yuri Gagarin Circumnavigating the Earth
- Description
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.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Identifier
- 2017-20
- Relation
- 2017-20
- Date
- June 12, 1961
- Digitisation ID
- 2017N_2017-20_016362
- Format
- B&W negative
- Held In
- "Other"
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