JPL Still Image Proof Book Collection, 1936-1986.

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JPL Still Image Proof Book Collection, 1936-1986.

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This collection includes a set of 224 oversize proof books (24 in. x 19 in.). These books contain more than 360,000 mounted positive photographic prints, primarily black and white, with some in color. These prints document the entirety of JPL activities for the time period. The books are heavy screw post-bound scrapbooks, averaging about 140 pages per book with 12 prints mounted on each page. Books are titled with the same JPL Section numbers used in JPL 78, the JPL Still Image Negative Collection. Prints are mounted in ascending numeric order within each book, and are individually marked with a negative number. The organization of positive images in the Proof Books matches for the most part the organization of negatives in JPL 78. However, for some negatives (less than 5% of the 360,000) there are no positive counterparts. Since the negatives were created prior to the prints, the negative set is considered the primary, most complete set of images and the positive Proof Book set secondary.

170.5 cubic ft. (224 volumes 24 in. x 19 in.).

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives

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