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Identifier	mus.aaec2149
Alternate ID	AAEC2149
Title	All systems go; December 19, [1968]
Description	From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Santa Claus drives his sleigh and reindeer across the sky with a huge moon in the background. Below is the Apollo 8 rocket hooked by cables to a launch tower. A sign reads, "Scheduled Christmas Eve orbit around the moon." The cartoon caption reads, "All systems go."
Creator	Pletcher, Eldon, 1922-
Date	19 December 1968
Coverage (time period)	December 1968
Subject	Apollo 8 (Spacecraft) Christmas. Moon. Moon--Exploration. Rockets (Aeronautics)--Launching. Reindeer. Santa Claus. United States--Politics and government--1963-1969--Caricatures and cartoons.
Resource type	Image Text
Format	Digital reproduction of a 1-page illustration.
Language	English
Publisher	New Orleans Times-Picayune. University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. (electronic version)
Rights	Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Contributing institution	Special Collections, McCain Libary and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi.
Collection	AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection.
Source	cartoon number 2149
Digital repository	University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections.
Digital collection	AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection.
File size	4099457 Bytes
File extension	jpg
Width	1716
Height	2107
Color space	RGB
Bit depth	24 bit color
File name	AAEC2149.jpg