General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

matt paper

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

76.5 cm

Width

50.8 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Archives

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Cuba

State/Province

Unknown

Period

mid 1960s

Canada

Mr. John Graham of Ottawa acquired this poster while on a trip to Cuba in the 1960s where he removed it from a telephone pole prior to the impending visit of cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova to Havana.

Function

Poster depicting cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova advertising her visit to Havana, Cuba in 1964 following her space flight.

Technical

Russian Valentina Tereshkova was the world's first female astronaut and flew on Vostock 6 launched on June 16 1963. The flight lasted 2 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes and was concurrent with the flight of Vostok 5./ An example of 2-colour poster printing and design of the mid 1960s.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

black lettering reading "CCCP" and a title in black Russian Cyrillic lettering translated as "WELCOME BACK"

Missing

small sections torn off top and bottom edges

Finish

off-white paper with red and black image

Decoration

black and red drawing of woman's head wearing spacesuit helmet