2. Exhibit

Exhibit

1. Hollow Spy Coin

Numismatic Bibliomania Society,  SPY MUSEUM ACQUIRES SUICIDE SILVER DOLLAR

The exhibit will have Francis Gary Powers' suicide coin given to him by the the United States Government. Spies usually carried a coin such as this so that if they were caught by the enemy they could prick themselves with the poison covered pin hidden in the coin. Other forms of coins were hollow and used to hide tiny ciphered paper like one confiscated from Rudolf Abel.

2. U-2 Spy Plane

Wikipedia, Lockheed U-2

The exhibit will also house another possession of Francis Gary Powers', his U-2 spy plane. Powers was shot down in this plane and captured by the Russians. It was thought that this plane could fly at a high altitude and remain undetected while surveying Russian land. But in the end, Power was shot down and the plane was destroyed. 

3.  Ciphered Paper found by Rudolf Abel in Hollow Spy Coin

Wikipedia, Hollow Nickel Case

The exhibit will have a ciphered paper confiscated from Rudolf Abel. This small paper was found within a hollow spy coin mentioned in exhibit #1. Spies used these ciphered paper to secretly communicate without anyone being able to figure out what is written.

4. Francis Gary Powers Prison Journal'

Smithsonian, Transcribing Francis Gary Powers' Soviet Prison Diary

The exhibit will include the writings of Francis Gary Powers about his time being held by the Russians and the event when his U-2 plane was shot down. Powers mentions that when his plane was struck by the missile time itself seems to have stopped.

5. Francis Gary Powers Letters to Parents

University Archives, Francis Gary Powers

The exhibit will also include more writing from Francis Gary Powers he sent to his parents. When he writes these, he is currently in U-2 training but we know that later he will be shot down and captured by the Russians.

6. Czech Hedgehog

Wikipedia, Czech Hedgehog

The exhibit will include Czech hedgehogs which played a small but interesting role in the film bridge of spies. As the spy exchange was taking place on Gleinicker Bridge, the bridge was littered with Czech hedgehogs for the purpose that only people could walk along the bridge and no vehicles could be near the exchange. 

7. "The Abel Spy Trial" Lithograph by William Sharp

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, The Abel Spy Trial, 1957

The exhibit will have the lithograph of the Abel spy trail by William Sharp. The lithograph is a primary source that was created by Sharp in 1957 about the Abel trail which seems to show Abel frowning as a men in confronting the judge and pointing at the defense team. This shows how people were so severely against Abel and wanted him taken care of him such as the death penalty.

8.  Letters James Donovan received from Rudolf Abel

The exhibit will have the letters from Rudolf Abel to James B. Donovan. The two grew to become friends and later wrote letters.