Description: An original press photograph from the archives of the venerable 150 year-old Star Tribune newspaper in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Type & Size: A 10x6" original photograph.Condition: Photo from a working archive. May contain notes, marks, labels, clippings, and/or retouching by the staff at the time of publication. May contain issues associated with time, age, and use. Please see images for scans.A man identified as Barry Cannon is seen inside the Sealab 2, a U.S. underwater habitat used for research in the mid-1960s. He appears to be focused on repairing a headset, while numerous fish are visible through a porthole, creating an aquarium-like view.Sealab 2 was a project by the U.S. Navy to study the effects of long-term underwater living on humans. It involved aquanauts living and working in a habitat on the ocean floor. Barry Cannon, featured in the photograph, was one of the personnel involved in these pioneering underwater research experiments.Text present on photo:PEEK-A-BOO—Aquanauts in the 205-foot-depth Sealab 2 sometimes feel like they’re in an aquarium on display for the curious fish seen outside the porthole. Aquanaut Barry Cannon was too busy repairing a headset to notice the visitors.TRIBUNE CUT ORDERSubject AquariumSize 3 col x 4 3/8For Mail edition on Sunday generalOrdered by [blank]Date [blank]ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOThis picture available for commercial use only for the purpose for which it is intended...NOTICEThis picture is the property of the Associated Press …Handwritten Text:Photography - SealabSeattle4 col x 4 1/4Stamped Dates:1965 SEP 6 PM 7:301965 SEP 6 AM 7:38Additional stamp:ENGRAVING OFFICE- - - The press photo archives contained a mix of silver gelatin and wire photographs from sources such as Associated Press Wirephoto. Generally B&W images with no typed text on them in this archive are silver gelatin images, and photos with typed text are wire photos. All images are vintage and original to their era.
Price: 34 USD
Location: Carlsbad, California
End Time: 2024-12-30T18:06:18.000Z
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Type: Photograph
Subject: aquanaut, underwater, habitat, experiment, research, fish
Theme: science & medicine, history, people, technology
Featured Person/Artist: Barry Cannon
Production Technique: Gelatin-Silver Print
Year of Production: 1965
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Size: 10x6 inches
Time Period Manufactured: 1960-1969
Number of Photographs: 1
Antique: No
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Vintage: Yes
Framing: Unframed
