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Order Number	00161796
Title	Astronaut--Capt. Edward J. Dwight (Contact Sheet 2)
Photographer	Brich, George.
Collection ID	Valley Times Collection
Location/Accession	HCNVT_d056_f27_i17
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Historical Data	Edward Joseph Dwight Jr. was born in Kansas City on September 9, 1933, and joined the United States Air Force in 1953 at the age of 20. In 1961, the Kennedy administration selected Captain Dwight Jr. as the first African American astronaut trainee at the Experimental Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base near Lancaster. He was one of fifteen pilots selected for the aerospace school, which provided classroom instruction and flight training in space simulators and high performance jets. He served in the Air Force from 1953 until 1966.
Description	Contact sheet showing thirty four frames taken for a Valley Times newspaper assignment on Edward Joseph Dwight Jr. From this sheet, two images ran in the newspaper on April 1, 1963 (see 00123875 and 00123874)
Subject	Dwight, Edward,--Jr.,--1933- Astronauts--United States. Astronaut--Training. Supersonic planes. Starfighter (Fighter plane). Men--California--Edwards Air Force Base. Edwards Air Force Base (Calif.). Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs.
Coverage	1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970
Format	Photographic prints
Credits	This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.; Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends.
Reproduction Information	Reproduction and use fees will be applied per frame. Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Valley Times Photo Collection