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Space Junk Punk
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posted 01-14-2025 07:09 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Space Junk Punk   Click Here to Email Space Junk Punk     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'm trying to find out any info on a photo collection I have from Skylab era. I believe these are definitely old, and they came as a set from the family of Marshall Space Flight Center's Max Sharpe who passed away in 2006.

Some photos have red numbered NASA stamps on the front, some of a blue inked stamps on the bank that shows negative ID numbers, comments, date, etc. All have the same "This Paper Manufactured By Kodak" watermarks.

Curious if these should remain together or have any other value individually, or maybe donate them to a school?

onesmallstep
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posted 01-17-2025 10:29 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for onesmallstep   Click Here to Email onesmallstep     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
No value monetarily; a bit faded from what I can see. The main interest would be the image of Arabella the spider which spun a web in space. As is, just as a set a nice souvenir of Skylab. Donation is a good idea.

Space Junk Punk
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posted 01-18-2025 06:00 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Space Junk Punk   Click Here to Email Space Junk Punk     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I thought the same thing about Arabella the spider, and a shot with the Apollo command module docked with Skylab that is a great shot. I forgot to mention these photos initially were owned by author and MSFC figure Mitchell R. Sharpe.

Thanks for your input. There certainly is a lot of wild information out there for vintage photos.

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