YOUNG, John Watts (1930-2018). Photograph of Young driving a moon buggy, signed (“John Young”) to Ambassador Edward Joseph Perkins.

Silver gelatin photograph, 16 July 1994, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON LOWER MAT: “To Ambassador & Mrs. Perkins – With thanks for your outstanding contributions to the United States & the rest of our world. With much appreciation for your hospitality in Australia. Warm regards from the above moon buggy driver, John Young 16 July 1994.” Matted and framed (unexamined out of frame). Provenance: John Watts Young (1930-2018), former U.S. astronaut and Special Assistant to Johnson Space Center Director Aaron Cohen for Engineering, Operations and Safety, gifted to; Edward Joseph Perkins (1928-2020), U.S. Ambassador to Australia from 1993-1996.

Property from the Estate of Ambassador Edward J. Perkins, Washington, D.C.

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YOUNG, John Watts (1930-2018). Photograph of Young driving a moon buggy, signed (“John Young”) to Ambassador Edward Joseph Perkins.

Property from the Estate of Ambassador Edward J. Perkins, Washington, D.C.

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YOUNG, John Watts (1930-2018). Photograph of Young driving a moon buggy, signed (“John Young”) to Ambassador Edward Joseph Perkins.

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YOUNG, John Watts (1930-2018). Photograph of Young driving a moon buggy, signed (“John Young”) to Ambassador Edward Joseph Perkins.