c.1963 NASA Project Mercury Seven Space Program by John Conrad Berkey Brown & Bigelow

Date: c.1963Artist: Berkey, John Conrad Size (in): 37.5 x 25.5Size (cm): 95.25 x 64.75Condition: B-Linen backed: NoThis vintage original poster highlighting the Project Mercury NASA Space Program was created by the artist John Conrad Berkey for the Brown & Bigelow publishing company of St. Paul, Minnesota. This poster features portrait photos of the original Mercury Seven astronauts plus other astronauts that joined the space program later along with a montage of scenes depicting various aspects of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space programs. The scenes at the top of the poster depicting Project Mercury are dated up to the May 16, 1963 ocean recovery of astronaut Gordon Cooper. The illustrations depicting aspects of the Gemini and Apollo Programs are not dated and appear to be artistic interpretations of events yet to come. This poster is not dated but appears to have been produced after the 1963 Project Mercury flights and before the first crewed Gemini mission in March of 1965