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TERESHKOVA, VALENTINA. A SERIES OF SIGNED EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE FIRST WOMAN IN SPACE

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  • A Series of Early Photographs of the First Woman in Space 
Album with 1 color photograph and 13 black and white photographs mounted, each ranging in size from 6 ¾ by 3 ¾ to 7 ½ by 6 inches, and accompanied by a handwritten caption in Russian. 

Catalogue Note

Thirteen photographs SIGNED by VALENTINA TERESHKOVA, with additional signatures from VALERY BYKOVSKY, GHERMAN TITOV, and Tereshkova’s husband ANDRIYAN NIKOLAYEV. Tereshkova made history in 1963 as the pilot of Vostok 6 by becoming the first woman in space. The photographs contained within this album include a number of portraits of Tereshkova, in addition to photographs of Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, Fidel Castro, fellow cosmonauts Bykovsky, Titov, and Nikolayev, and photographs documenting her reception back on earth. The handwritten captions accompanying each photograph often emphasize traditional notions of womanhood, for example "A bouquet of flowers is the best gift for a woman!" or "The tenderness of motherhood".