Description

Black and white photograph of a boy clenching his eyes shut as the balloon he holds pops. The photograph was taken mid-pop, so half of the exploding balloon is featured.

Original captions: "from original negative", "Return to C. E. Miller"

Caption from Tech Talk, 1972-04-01: "Hold your breath, pop a balloon, and snap a stroboscopic picture - that's what kids wil be doing April 15 at the MIT Open House. One of the highlights of this year's Open House, which will feature over 50 exhibits and tours on the campus, will be a display and demonstration at MIT's famed Strobe Lab, where visitors can see and photograph everything from a speeding bullet to Professor Harold E. Edgerton's "Remarkable Single Piddler Hydraulic Happiness Machine." The balloon pictures are made with a strobe light that freezes motion at 50 millionths of a second and is triggered by the sound of the bursting balloon picked up by an acoustic device. Pictured here is Charlie Todd Miller, son of Charles E. Miller of Acton, Mass. Mr. Miller, who has just been appointed lecturer in electrical engineering at MIT, is Professer Edgerton's assistant in the Strobe Lab and a specialist in the design and use of stroboscopic lighting equipment. -Photo by C.E. Miller"

Original credit line: stamped "C. E. Miller, MAY 12, 1975"