Humming bird—female Ruby Throat / Humming birds eating honey
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Humming bird—female Ruby Throat / Humming birds eating honey

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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

Humming bird—female Ruby Throat / Humming birds eating honey

1935–1937
Gelatin silver prints
Image (top): 8 7/16 × 6 1/2 in. (21.5 × 16.5 cm)
Paper (top): 8 15/16 × 6 15/16 in. (22.7 × 17.7 cm)
Image (bottom): 6 9/16 × 8 9/16 in. (16.6 × 21.8 cm)
Paper (bottom): 6 15/16 × 9 in. (17.6 × 22.9 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: 472
Typed in black on applied label on mount recto, OA: HUMMING BIRDS – NOTE TONGUES PROTRUDING FROM BEAKS \ f:8 Exp. 10^-5 sec. Argon lamp with condenser discharge \ HUMMING BIRD – NOTE TONGUE \ FEMALE RUBY THROAT \ f:8 Exp/ 10^-5 sec. Argon lamp with condenser discharge
Inscribed in black ink on mount recto, BRC: H.E Edgerton, \ K.J. Germeshausen \ H.E. Grier. \ Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stamped in purple on mount verso, TLC: AMERICAN \ ENGRAVING & ELECTROTYPE CO \ MICHIGAN \ DEC 1 1937 \ NO. 17205 \ 110 SOUTH BROADWAY \ LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
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
Inscribed in pencil on mount verso, C: 39056-1

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