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Neil A. Armstrong Photograph Collection
Description: Photograph of astronaut Neil Armstrong with his wife Jan on their wedding day, January 28, 1956. Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, in 1930, and went on to become the first man to walk on the moon, in 1969. Neil and Janet (nee Shearon) met at Purdue University in the early 1950s. They had three children together, but divorced in 1994 after 38 years of marriage. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05359
Subjects: Couples; Ohio Economy--Science and Technology; Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012 ; Space flight; Wedding costume; Weddings
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio); Wilmette (Illinois)