Instantaneous photograph of a drop of milk splashing on a plate / Homing pigeon rising in flight
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Instantaneous photograph of a drop of milk splashing on a plate / Homing pigeon rising in flight

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Photograph

Harold E. Edgerton

Maker
American, 1903–1990

Kenneth J. Germeshausen

Maker
American, 1907–1990

Herbert E. Grier

Maker
American, 1911–1999

Instantaneous photograph of a drop of milk splashing on a plate / Homing pigeon rising in flight

1935–1937
Gelatin silver prints
Image (each): 6 5/8 × 8 9/16 in. (16.8 × 21.7 cm)
Paper (each): 7 1/16 × 9 in. (17.9 × 22.8 cm)
Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Gift of the Photographic Society of America, Rochester Technical Section
Inscriptions Printed in black on applied label on mount recto, BLC: 471
Typed in black on applied label on mount recto, OA: INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPH OF A DROP OF MILK SPLASHING ON A PLATE \ f:40 Exp. 10^-5 sec. Spark Discharge 3 mt. 16000 volts
Inscribed in black ink on mount recto, BRC: H.E Edgerton, \ K.J. Germeshausen \ H.E. Grier. \ Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Printed in black on orange applied label on mount verso, C: 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, C: FROM JANUARY SECOND TO JANUARY TENTH 1938 \ EXHIBITED \ THE ART CENTER SCHOOL LOS ANGELES, CALIF

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