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Original – The front page of The Washington Post on July 21st, 1969, and an interested reader.
Reason
An illustration of popular interest in Apollo 11 which is the lede image for the relevant Wikipedia article. The photo itself has an interesting story. User:CarolSpears User:Rufus330Ci says, "This is a picture of my mother holding the Washington News Paper on Monday, July 21st 1969 stating 'The Eagle Has Landed. Two Men Walk on the Moon'. The photo was taken by my grandfather." The picture is already featured on Commons.
(Comment) Purely for the record, it seems that the person saying "This is a picture of my mother ..." was not User:CarolSpears but User:Rufus330Ci. See the original upload here. 86.183.128.190 (talk) 20:41, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed, thank you. --Pine 22:42, 1 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Articles in which this image appears
Apollo 11 in popular culture (lede image), Apollo 11, Culture of the United States, The Washington Post
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding
Creator
Jack Weir (1928-2005), original upload by User:Rufus330Ci, edited by CarolSpears.
  • Yes, but also note that good-faith comments from IPs are welcome even if they cannot vote. I think that one IP commentator eventually converted to a registered user awhile back after a series of good interactions with the community here. (: --Pine 02:36, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
She looks like she just got outta bed, or maybe she just had her Fruit Loops – posed perhaps, but doesn't look stilted to me. Sca (talk) 21:48, 25 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Land on the Moon 7 21 1969-repair.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:40, 4 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]