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billewald
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From: Stafford, VA, USA
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posted 12-29-2014 11:15 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for billewald   Click Here to Email billewald     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I have a few vintage photos that are glossy and have NASA serial mumbers on the lower left front of the photo. The back of the photo is blank but it has a faint watermark. I think the watermark reads "GAF". I have never seen this watermark. Is this a period photo or a reissue of some kind? Is it a NASA photo?

I also have a few vintage Ed White photos. They are on "A Kodak Paper" but they have markings on the front from "North American Aviation." Does anyone know of the rarity or desirability of these photos?

cycleroadie
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posted 12-29-2014 12:36 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for cycleroadie   Click Here to Email cycleroadie     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
GAF corporation, which many know as manufacturers of roofing products today, was once involved in photographic film and paper, I am guessing that is what you have here.

mach3valkyrie
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posted 12-29-2014 01:02 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mach3valkyrie   Click Here to Email mach3valkyrie     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The top photo is the Apollo 14 Lunar Module Antares just undocked prior to lunar landing. GAF owned Viewmaster at the time and may have used the photo for one of their stereo viewing reels.

Viewmaster was originally started in Portland, Oregon and later acquired by GAF (General Aniline & Film) that exists today as GAF Materials Corporation.

The only connection (I can think of) of NAA to the Ed White photo of his Gemini 4 EVA is the fact White was later on the Apollo 1 crew, whose spacecraft was built by North American.

Maybe the photo was used as some type of promo.

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