Description: John and Annie Glenn stand elevated in a crowd during a NASA goodwill tour to Japan in 1963. Reporters gather with microphones for commentary while other attendees bring flowers. The John and Annie Glenn collection is comprised of photographs, slides, books and ephemera documenting the career of John Glenn as an astronaut and U.S. Senator. The collection also documents his life with his wife Annie Glenn née Castor, family and friends, such as Robert and Ethel Kennedy and fellow astronauts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV329_B01F04_03
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Tourism; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Places: Japan
 

Description: Taken on March 31, 1997, this photograph shows a wooden commemorative sign written in both Japanese and English. The English reads "Planted by Lt, Col, John H. Glenn jr. The first US space man 24th of May 1963". Attached to the top of the sign are two photographs of the event. The left photograph shows John Glenn breaking ground to plant the tree. The right photograph shows John Glenn shaking hands. The tree, now larger than shown in 1963 photograph, is seen to the right of the sign. The John and Annie Glenn collection is comprised of photographs, slides, books and ephemera documenting the career of John Glenn as an astronaut and U.S. Senator. The collection also documents his life with his wife Annie Glenn née Castor, family and friends, such as Robert and Ethel Kennedy and fellow astronauts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV329_B01F04_05
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Trees; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Places: Japan
 

Description: Banner reads: "WELCOME JOHN H. GLEN JR. Minolta Camera" on left, with Japanese text on right John Glenn shakes hands during a NASA goodwill tour to Japan in 1963. Photographers gather nearby to capture the moment. On a building behind them, a banner welcomes John Glenn and the United States and Japanese flags hang below each message on the banner. The John and Annie Glenn collection is comprised of photographs, slides, books and ephemera documenting the career of John Glenn as an astronaut and U.S. Senator. The collection also documents his life with his wife Annie Glenn née Castor, family and friends, such as Robert and Ethel Kennedy and fellow astronauts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV329_B01F04_04
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Tourism; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Places: Japan
 

Description: Annie Glenn greets others during a NASA goodwill tour with her husband, astronaut John Glenn in 1963. She smiles as a woman in a sheer scarf, possibly a relative, touches her face in greeting. She has five button pins on her lapel, which may be Friendship 7 keepsake pins. The John and Annie Glenn collection is comprised of photographs, slides, books and ephemera documenting the career of John Glenn as an astronaut and U.S. Senator. The collection also documents his life with his wife Annie Glenn née Castor, family and friends, such as Robert and Ethel Kennedy and fellow astronauts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV329_B01F04_02
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Tourism; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA);
Places: Japan
 

Description: John Glenn stands at a podium to announce his inclusion in the upcoming space shuttle mission, STS-95. Behind him hangs a large photograph of his younger self in a space helmet, likely from around the time of his Friendship 7 flight in 1962, where he became the first American to orbit Earth. The spacecraft, Discovery, launched later that year on October 29, 1998. At the time, Glenn set the record for oldest person in space at age 77, where he participated in research for NASA to study the effects of aging in space. The John and Annie Glenn collection is comprised of photographs, slides, books and ephemera documenting the career of John Glenn as an astronaut and U.S. Senator. The collection also documents his life with his wife Annie Glenn née Castor, family and friends, such as Robert and Ethel Kennedy and fellow astronauts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV329_B19F06_01A
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Discovery (Spacecraft);
 

Description: John Glenn breaks ground to plant a tree during a NASA goodwill visit to Japan on May 24, 1963. Among the attendees is his wife, Annie Glenn. The John and Annie Glenn collection is comprised of photographs, slides, books and ephemera documenting the career of John Glenn as an astronaut and U.S. Senator. The collection also documents his life with his wife Annie Glenn née Castor, family and friends, such as Robert and Ethel Kennedy and fellow astronauts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV329_B01F04_01
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Tourism; Trees; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Places: Japan