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Life on board CALYPSO - Philippe Cousteau, Simone Cousteau, mid-1950s

Object summary

Title
Life on board CALYPSO - Philippe Cousteau, Simone Cousteau, mid-1950s
Object ID
HEE-SC-01207
Place made

United States

Maker
Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Object type
Color slide
Major collection
Technology
Photography
Named collection
Harold E. Edgerton Collection
On view
No
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Description

Philippe Cousteau mans a large cable winch on CALYPSO with another crew member, with Simone Cousteau in the background; mid-1950s. (CC)

Inscriptions

Type
handwritten black marker
Location
obverse top
Inscriber
Edgerton
Text
PHILLIP [Philippe] COUSTEAU
Type
handwritten pencil
Location
obverse right
Text
18-5 20
Type
black stamp
Location
obverse left
Text
HAROLD EDGERTON M.I.T.
Type
printed red
Location
obverse left
Text
20

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