[PROJECT MERCURY]. MERCURY COLOR PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

All are approximately 8 by 10 inches and in color. A) Three photographs featuring individual portraits of Carpenter, Cooper, and Schirra, each in a business suit. Their respective photos are SIGNED by SCOTT CARPENTER, GORDON COOPER, and WALLY SCHIRRA. B) Three Mercury Atlas 7 photographs, two of Carpenter in his Mercury space suit and one as he enters his Aurora 7 spacecraft on launch day. Each SIGNED by SCOTT CARPENTER with the additional INSCRIPTION of “24 May 1962” on the spacecraft entry photo. C) Three Mercury Atlas 8 photographs. One showing Schirra as the Sigma 7 logo is painted on his spacecraft. The second is a close-up of Schirra in his Mercury space suit. The third is of his entry into Sigma 7 spacecraft on launch day. Each SIGNED by WALLY SCHIRRA. D) Five Mercury Atlas 9 photographs. The first showing Cooper in the Mercury simulator being SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “GORDON COOPER, Mercury Training.” The second as Cooper exits the astronaut transfer van the launch pad being INSCRIBED and SIGNED: “Out to Launch, GORDON COOPER, 15 May 63.” The third of Cooper as he enters his Faith 7 spacecraft being inscribed and signed: “Launch Day, GORDON COOPER, 15 May 63.” The fourth showing Cooper inside Faith 7 while on the deck of the USS Kearsarge being SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “GORDON COOPER, Faith7 Recovery.” The fifth is a close-up of Cooper in his blue NASA flight suit just after recovery being INSCRIBED and SIGNED: “MA9 Debrief, GORDON COOPER.”