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Topic: Apollo Art: Who is pictured with Cronkite?
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Robert Pearlman
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From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-17-2007 06:28 PM
   
Posted on behalf of Charles Davis: I know Walter Cronkite but I was wondering who the other 3 individuals are?  |
ea757grrl
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From: South Carolina
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 04-17-2007 07:04 PM
Robert, can you or Charles provide any additional information (i.e., where did the picture come from, what's the time frame, etc.)? That might help place the faces.That middle guy (sort of round face) *almost* looks like Dallas Townsend, who was one of the primary CBS reporters during the space program...but looks a little young (and with too much hair). The guy with the glasses at the bottom sort of looks like Christopher Glenn, who did space reporting for CBS Radio. (EDIT: Or it looks like Bruce Morton.) If more information can be provided, it may help. I'm wracking my brain trying to place these faces. |
Robert Pearlman
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From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-17-2007 07:14 PM
I asked the same question of Charles: he found it on eBay and as such, doesn't know any more about its history than you or I, unfortunately. |
ea757grrl
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From: South Carolina
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 04-17-2007 07:21 PM
Thanks, Robert, for the further explanation. My guesses, on further examination, from top to bottom:David Schoumacher (gazing into space)
Dallas Townsend
Bruce Morton (in glasses) I've checked my sources, and these three were constants throughout CBS coverage of the Apollo program. Schoumacher often served to assist Cronkite in NYC; Morton covered JSC; and Townsend was frequently one of the pool guys aboard the recovery ship. I don't know if those guesses are good enough to win me the giant stuffed bunny rabbit, but it's my best estimate based on what I have.  |
KSCartist
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From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 04-18-2007 07:28 AM
I think you're right. Especially about Bruce Morton. I was racking my brain all afternoon yesterday trying to remember their names. I feel much better now. |
E2M Lem Man
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From: Los Angeles CA. USA
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 04-18-2007 03:41 PM
Wait a minute - are the two astronauts ripped off from the "2001: A Space Odyssey" poster? Check out those backpacks! |
ea757grrl
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From: South Carolina
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 04-19-2007 06:46 AM
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Originally posted by E2M Lem Man:
Wait a minute - are the two astronauts ripped off from the "2001: A Space Odyssey" poster? Check out those backpacks!
Now your comment has put an image in my head: those two astronauts come upon a giant obelisk that looks like Black Rock (the CBS building in NYC). The sun that dawns overhead is replaced by the giant CBS Eyeball logo. Instead of the "wah-ah-ah" singing, they hear a gentle, repetitive "And that's the way it is...and that's the way it is..." followed by a microphone being hurled into the air, flying end over end, and as it comes down, it turns into a satellite.With apologies to Ed Murrow, I can "see it now"! |
disglobes
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From: Orting, WA
Registered: May 2000
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posted 04-20-2007 06:58 AM
Thanks everyone for your help.Charles |
Go4Launch
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From: Seminole, Fla.
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 07-29-2009 09:10 AM
I missed this thread when first posted. Besides Cronkite, the drawings are of Charles Von Fremd (father of ABC's Mike Von Fremd), Nelson Benton (center) and yes, Bruce Morton (bottom). |
ea757grrl
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From: South Carolina
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 07-30-2009 02:45 PM
The appearance of Charles von Fremd (who died in early 1966) in that picture would explain a lot about why the lunar landscape and the astronauts' spacesuits look like early conceptions.And I double-checked my copy of "10:56:20" and, yep, the picture in there of Nelson Benton matches this rendering. Good catch, Go4Launch. |
Jack Kozak
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posted 07-31-2009 05:53 PM
The man on the top is none other than Bill Stout! Nelson Benton in the middle and Bruce Morton on the bottom. Jack Kozak
Akron, Ohio |
ea757grrl
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From: South Carolina
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 07-31-2009 09:12 PM
Bill Stout on the left, Nelson Benton on the right:  I stand, humbly, corrected. jodie |
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