The memorial for my father was today ("we're not fast but we're slow" could be my family's motto for scheduling such events) and it included a number of photos, some of which I'd seen before and some that I had not. The following is one of the gems that came out of a box from goodness knows where. What I love most is not that I mistook a model of the Apollo for a lampshade but that in this photo, which presumably was part of a string of "official" photos taken promoting the company (Avco) or the project (the Apollo) my father is holding a cigarette. Really, the trick is to find photos from this period in which my father is not holding a cigarette.
I thought it was a lampshade, too. Science is HARD.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great photo. I'm glad all went well; may Ed rest in peace.
Indeed it is. And we don't know for certain that it *isn't* a lampshade. I hope he rests in peace; I've (re)planted a pile of plants atop him.
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