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Nasa. Rare. Photograph taken at the Mount Wilson Observatory in the 1930s. These were the first precise photographs of the lunar surface obtained by man from the ground. Silver print. Printed caption on back label. Sheet size: 25.5 x 20.5 cm

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Nasa. Rare. Photograph taken at the Mount Wilson Observatory in the 1930s. These were the first precise photographs of the lunar surface obtained by man from the ground. Silver print. Printed caption on back label. Sheet size: 25.5 x 20.5 cm

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