(John GLENN) Poster, NEW CONCORD SALUTES JOHN H. GLENN JR. LT. COL. USMC (New York: Murray Poster Printing Co. [1962?]) 612 x 457 mm. (24 1/8 x 18 in) on thick stock.

An excellent period poster most likely printed for his 3 March 1962 homecoming in New Concord, Ohio. It appears that arrangements for the poster were hastily made and the organizers had anticipated that Glenn would be accompanied by his fellow Mercury 7 astronauts, as was the case for his New York ticker-tape parade on 1 March and other public celebrations of his orbital flight—hence the names of Shepard, Grissom and others listed below. However, Glenn was not accompanied by other members of the Mercury 7, nor other NASA officials to New Concord. Nearly 50,000 people flocked to New Concord to welcome Glenn home, overwhelming the town of 2,500 people.

Minor marginal wear including a few small tears not affecting text, creased at bottom left corner, light toning at top left, some toning on verso, else very good.

(EXA 5366) SOLD.

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^* “Glenn Cheered by 50,000 During Ohio Homecoming” New York Times (4 Mar. 1962) 1.