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Space Shuttle

Major collection: Holography
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: Polaroid Corporation
Date made: circa 1982
Materials: reflection hologram; film (photopolymer)
Measurements: 15 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in
Nomenclature: commercial
Classification: holograms

Plastic sheet to which is adhered 144 identical photopolymer holograms, in 16 horizontal rows of 9 holograms each; each hologram shows a greenish or reddish (depending on the angle of light) image of the space shuttle flying over the moon.


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MOH-1993.47.118.01-.03