Set of Tumblers Commemorating the First Moon Landing, circa 1969
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In the 1960s and 1970s, gas stations and other types of convenience stores often gave away promotional glasses featuring a wide array of popular subjects of the day. At the height of the Apollo space program, Marathon gas stations offered a series of glasses featuring the Apollo 11, 12, 13, and 14 missions, including these Apollo 11 promotional drinking glasses.
In the 1960s and 1970s, gas stations and other types of convenience stores often gave away promotional glasses featuring a wide array of popular subjects of the day. At the height of the Apollo space program, Marathon gas stations offered a series of glasses featuring the Apollo 11, 12, 13, and 14 missions, including these Apollo 11 promotional drinking glasses.
Artifact
Tumbler (Drinking glass)
Date Made
circa 1969
Subject Date
20 July 1969
Creators
Keywords
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2017.134.7
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Jan Hiatt.
Material
Glass (Material)
Color
Blue
Red
White (Color)
Colorless
Dimensions
Height: 4.125 in
Diameter: 2.75 in
Inscriptions
around sides of tumblers: MAN ON THE MOON / JULY 20, 1969 / USA / EAGLE "Tranquility Base" / NEIL A. ARMSTRONG / EDWIN E. ALDRIN, JR. / MICHAEL COLLINS / APOLLO 11 on bottom of three tumblers: L
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