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Scoop collecting lunar rubble

Scoop collecting lunar rubble
(1969)

Medium
gelatin silver photograph

Measurements
49.0 × 39.0 cm (image and sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Photimport, 1971
Courtesy of NASA

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Inscription
printed in silver on paper label (in image) l.l.: HASSELBLAD
printed on paper label on support reverse u.l.: 49 / One of the astronauts collecting lunar rubble with one of / the specially made scoops. These were designed so that / the astronauts did not have to bend down in their cumber- / some spacesuits. Hasselblad 500EL Data Camera with / Reseau plate and Zeiss Biogon f.5.6/60mm lens. / (text repeated in German / French / Swedish) / COURTESY OF NASA.

Accession Number
PH397-1971

Department
International Photography

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