[Lightning photograph]

[Lightning photograph]

Photograph

William N. Jennings

Maker
American, b. England, 1860–1946

[Lightning photograph]

1882
Gelatin silver, printed later
Image: 5 3/4 × 3 7/8 in. (14.6 × 9.8 cm)
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1977
1978.0694.0005
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on verso TC: Firsy Published \ view of lightning \ Made Aug 5 1885 \ in \ Sept 5 1885 \ Scientific American

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