APOLLO 11 CELEBRATION.

APOLLO 11 CELEBRATION.
Apollo 11 Chicago Ticker Tape Parade welcome sign, printed board, 22 x 28 1/4 inches, [Chicago, August 13, 1969], depicting the Apollo logo of an eagle landing on the moon with "WELCOME TO CHICAGO" bordering.
WITH: Lunar Module pennant, felt, approximately 26 inches long, 8 1/4 inches at its widest point, [Grumann, 1969], depicting the Lunar Module with "LM" printed beside it.
AND WITH: 8 x 10 inch photograph of two workers hanging a sign identical to the above.

Only a few days after being released from quarantine, Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins were given a hero's welcome of ticker-tape parades in New York and Chicago with an estimated 6 million attendees. The above sign is a relic of that Chicago celebration.