"Rocket" Over Red Square
Photograph
"Rocket" Over Red Square
1961: What a Year!
1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 7/16 × 6 3/8 in. (23.9 × 16.2 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0118
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: 12y night, it appeared to soar over the spires of S/61 7) "ROCKET" OVER RED SQUARE: On May Day the Russians hailed \ their space triumph with this replica of Gagarin's rocket. Illuminated \ by night, it appeared to soar over the spires of St. Basil's Cathedral. \ Credit: Marc Riboud © 1961 MAGNUM Photos
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