Banner
Object number2018.27.33
Date1991
MediumFabric; Paint
Credit LineGift of Jay Apt
DescriptionRectangular fabric banner painted with welcome home message.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 27.625 × 118.5 × 0.25 in. (70.2 × 301 × 0.6 cm)InscriptionsFront has black cursive text along the top "The neighborhood says" and block text along the center with letters having black outline, red interior outline, and white center "Welcome Home JAY!".
Historical NotesSTS-37 "Welcome Home" banner from the village of Timber Cove, Texas, where Jay Apt lived. Astronauts and other Johnson Space Center team members have lived in this neighborhood close to the Space Center since 1963. The neighborhood swimming pool is in the shape of a Mercury spacecraft. This celebration was organized by the Mayor of Timber Cove and held in the tree-lined median of Timber Cove Drive near the intersection of Shorewood Drive. Most of the neighborhood residents joined the celebration, where this banner was hung along with an inflated space-suited astronaut figure and other space-themed displays.Label Text"Welcome Home" banner, from the village of Timber Cove, Houston, Texas, 1991 When Apt returned home from his first space shuttle mission his neighbors greeted him with this banner. Apt lived in a noted “astronaut” development, Timber Cove, which had been home to John Glenn, Wally Schirra, and other NASA astronauts and Space Center staff.
Previous owner
Dr. Jerome Apt III
Related institution
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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American Safety Table Company
