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

Object summary

Title
Life on board CALYPSO - Philippe Cousteau, mid-1950s
Object ID
HEE-SC-01222
Place made

France

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 stands at the helm in the CALYPSO deckhouse, during an expedition in the mid-1950s. (CC)

Inscriptions

Type
handwritten pencil
Location
obverse top
Text
18-6 16
Type
black stamp
Location
reverse left
Text
HAROLD EDGERTON M.I.T.

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