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Item Specifics
Franchise: NASA / Space Travel
Event: Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Year: 1969
Theme: Astronauts & Space Travel
Type: Newspaper Supplement / Special Insert
Publication Name: The Sunday Oklahoman
Date of Publication: August 10, 1969
Original/Reproduction: Original
Plain-Text Description
VINTAGE 1969 APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING SPECIAL NEWSPAPER SUPPLEMENT
An authentic, original vintage space memorabilia item: the "Man on the Moon" special supplement issued by The Sunday Oklahoman on August 10, 1969, just weeks after the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing. This complete, multi-page historical document is packed with striking full-color and black-and-white graphics, articles, and retrospectives on the Space Race.
Content features include:
Front Cover: Full-page iconic color image of Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface with Neil Armstrong reflected in his visor, titled "Man on the Moon".
Back Cover: "Memorable Moments on the Moon" detailing the lunar module, flag deployment, and scientific experiments.
Interior Spreads: Detailed articles covering "Sputnik Launches the Race," bio profiles on the Apollo 11 crew (Armstrong, Collins, Aldrin) titled "The Eagle Has Landed," historical overviews of early space achievements ("Ham Goes First," "Then Man Tries," "First American," "Russian Sets Record"), and a comprehensive "Spacemen Are Made Not Born" astronaut group feature.
Centerfold: A gorgeous, massive full-color illustrated map titled "Man's New Frontier: Space" detailing the Solar System, orbits, planet statistics, and early lunar mapping approximately 11 and 1/2 inches wide by 15 and 1/2 inches tall.
CONDITION:
Pre-owned, vintage condition. This copy is crisp and exceptionally well-preserved. It exhibits minimal edge crinkling and very light, uniform age-toning typical of 1969 newsprint-style paper. The pages remain fully intact with no major tears, splits, or heavy creases. All color illustrations, the centerfold solar system diagram, and historical text blocks remain bold, sharp, and completely legible. Sent via calculated shipping.
