Contact! The Gondola Meets its Shadow and the Ground
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Contact! The Gondola Meets its Shadow and the Ground

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Photograph

Captain James G. Haizlip

Maker
American, 1896–1983

Contact! The Gondola Meets its Shadow and the Ground

1935
Gelatin silver print
Image: 15 15/16 × 12 in. (40.5 × 30.5 cm)
Mount: 23 15/16 × 18 in. (60.8 × 45.7 cm)
Gift of the Photographic Society of America, Rochester Technical Section
1949.0004.0013
Inscriptions Printed in black on applied label on mount recto, B: CONTACT! THE GONDOLA MEETS ITS SHADOW AND THE GROUND \ At this moment the pilot, Captain Orvil A. Anderson, tugged the rip cord, designed to tear the top of the balloon to permit the rapid escape of gas and so \ to prevent the dragging of the gondola and its cargo of delicate instruments. \ Photographs by Richard H. Stewart and Captain James Haizlip, with the following equipment: \ CAMERA — FOLMER GRAFLEX AERIAL, FOCAL PLANE TYPE \ LENS — ANASTIGMAT F 4.5, 10-INCH FOCAL LENGTH \ FILM — AGFA PANCHROMATIC \ EXPOSURE — 1/300 SECOND \ SIZE OF EXPOSURE — 5 BY 7 INCHES \ FILTER — K-2
Printed in black on applied label on mount recto, BLC: 120
Inscribed in pencil on mount verso, T: No. 6 Contact—The Gondola Meets Its Shadow & the Ground \ Nat Geog. Soc
Printed in black on orange applied label on mount verso, LC: first \ international \ exhibit \ SCIENTIFIC \ APPLIED \ PHOTOGRAPHY \ ROCHESTER \ TECHNICAL \ SECTION \ PHOTOGRAPHIC \ SOCIETY \ OF AMERICA \ RUNDEL LIBRARY \ MARCH 15 APRIL 3 \ 1937 \ ROCHESTER, N.Y.
Printed in black on blue applied label on mount verso, BRC: FROM JANUARY SECOND TO JANUARY TENTH 1938 \ EXHIBITED \ THE ART CENTER SCHOOL LOS ANGELES, CALIF
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