Contents of the Collection The Michael Poirier Apollo 13 Recovery Collection is a small collection comprised of film footage and photomechanical prints relating to the recovery of the Apollo 13 spacecraft by the USS Iwo Jima on April 17 1970. The film footage, which was shot by Poirier and is about ten minutes long, depicts both a SIMEX (simulation exercise) of the Apollo 13 recovery using a boilerplate Command Module (CM), as well as the actual recovery of the real CM. Several shots feature U.S. Navy...

Content Description The Irving Louis Shechter Philatelic Collection consists of 53 philatelic airmail covers. The items span 1927-1954 and are arranged in chronological order. Of note are covers related to Lindbergh and his promotional airmail flights after his record-setting transatlantic flight, as well as the first airmail express flight to the Panama Canal that he piloted in 1930. Also present are cacheted covers for the first night flight on C.A.M. route 26 from Pocatello, Idaho to Salt Lake City, Utah,...