Glenn's Famous Grin
Photograph
Glenn's Famous Grin
Astronaut in Wax
1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 5/16 × 9 5/16 in. (16 × 23.6 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0213
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (Wax Astronaut) 3/62 28) GLENN'S FAMOUS GRIN is preserved for \ posterity in wax head which is prepared by Madame \ Tussaud's veteran beautician Vera Bland. She places \ each of the 120.000 hairs individually, takes care to \ match Glenn's complexion from color photographs. At \ right is the cast from which the head was molded, \ using a technique which Tussaud's has used for two \ centuries. \ Credit: Cornell Capa © MAGNUM PHOTOS
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