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The Reagans watch the landing of the Columbia piloted by veteran Astronaut, Tom Mattingly. It was a textbook landing on the California desert at Edwards Air Force Base. Reagan compared this shuttle test finale to the driving of The Golden Spike that heralded the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. June 3, 1982
American
1982
Medium/Technique
Photochrome on card stock.
Dimensions
Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.9033
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionBack: divided. Mint. CL-RR.SER.#64 SC18257-Colorphoto: © John Ficara Woodfin Camp
Published by Coral-Lee P.O. Box 314, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
Mike Roberts Color Production Oakland, CA 94623
U.S.A.
Published by Coral-Lee P.O. Box 314, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
Mike Roberts Color Production Oakland, CA 94623
U.S.A.
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)