The First Hurdle
Photograph
The First Hurdle
ca. 1940
Gelatin silver print
Image: 11 1/4 × 10 3/8 in. (28.5 × 26.4 cm)
Paper: 11 5/16 × 10 1/2 in. (28.7 × 26.7 cm)
Mount: 14 × 11 in. (35.5 × 27.9 cm)
Gift of Thomas J. Maloney, 1975
Inscriptions inscribed in white ink on image recto, BL [along bottom edge]: The First Hurdle / The Milwaukee Journal / Frank Scherschel
printed in brown ink on newspaper clipping affixed to mount verso, C: 8. And finally a picture of today—full of action, taken at high speeds. Whereas exposures \ of many minutes were necessary during photography's infancy, this picture of a hurdles race \ was snapped at 1-1000th of a second by a Journal cameraman.
typed on applied label affixed to mount verso, BL: Title---The First Hurdle \ by Frank Scherschel ---The Milwaukee Journal \ Camera --4x5 Speed Graphic--35mm Leica lens \ Exposure--1/1,000th at f.9 \ Agfa Super Pan press Film \ The wide angle lens was mounted in the g [crossed out] Graphic as am [crossed out] an experiment \ The picture was taken about seven feet away from the hurdler closest \ to the camera. As most lenses cover more than what they are rated for \ we were able to give almost a perspective equal to a human eye. Also \ the picture being taken on cut film was processed to the finished \ print in about 25 minutes.
printed in brown ink on newspaper clipping affixed to mount verso, C: 8. And finally a picture of today—full of action, taken at high speeds. Whereas exposures \ of many minutes were necessary during photography's infancy, this picture of a hurdles race \ was snapped at 1-1000th of a second by a Journal cameraman.
typed on applied label affixed to mount verso, BL: Title---The First Hurdle \ by Frank Scherschel ---The Milwaukee Journal \ Camera --4x5 Speed Graphic--35mm Leica lens \ Exposure--1/1,000th at f.9 \ Agfa Super Pan press Film \ The wide angle lens was mounted in the g [crossed out] Graphic as am [crossed out] an experiment \ The picture was taken about seven feet away from the hurdler closest \ to the camera. As most lenses cover more than what they are rated for \ we were able to give almost a perspective equal to a human eye. Also \ the picture being taken on cut film was processed to the finished \ print in about 25 minutes.
