I wonder which items in MY collection would best represent certain years. So, just for fun... Note: I only collect the "first 20 years of manned US spaceflight" - April 12, 1961 to April 12, 1981 so it is a shorter list... 1961: Vintage Topping Mercury capsule model
1962: 1/35 scale ESTES Mercury Redstone model built by Dave Ginsberg & signed by Scott C & Gordo C
1963: Boeing Model Shop Dyna-Soar model - cast from an original model
1964: Vintage Boeing Model Shop Manned Orbiting Lab (MOL) model
1965: Vintage Lockheed Model Shop Gemini/Agena model
1966: Dick Gordon's Post-flight Gemini II jumpsuit
1967: Vintage North American Rockwell Command/Service Module model
1968: Signed "Earthrise"
1969: Vintage Grumman Lunar Module model
1970: Vintage Topping Sikorsky Sea King recovery helicopter model
1971: Vintage North American "Medium Performance Re-entry Vehicle" patent model
1972: 1/200 scale Saturn V model signed by Gene C
1973: 1/100 scale Nick Proach Skylab model
1974: Vintage TANG ad for Skylab
1975: NASA's chief ASTP translator's commemorative drink glass
1976: Vintage Rockwell(?) Space Shuttle prototype model
1977: Vintage 1/100 scale Boeing Model Shop Boeing 747 with Shuttle
1978: Boeing's patent submittal for the "shuttle with 747" concept (photocopy)
1979: Original NASA Press release with status of shuttle program(?)
1980: Vintage Rockwell 1/144 scale Space Shuttle Columbia model
1981: Vintage Rockwell 1/200 scale Rockwell Space Shuttle stack model
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Jake Schultz - curator,
Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home)