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High-speed photography, Smith College swim team at MIT (Cambridge, MA) - 1942 (?)

Object summary

Title
High-speed photography, Smith College swim team at MIT (Cambridge, MA) - 1942 (?)
Object ID
HEE-SC-03658
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

High-speed photograph of the Smith College womens swim team getting ready to dive into the MIT Pool; possibly in 1942. (CC)

Inscriptions

Type
handwritten black marker
Location
obverse top
Inscriber
Edgerton
Text
Smith
Type
handwritten black marker
Location
obverse top
Inscriber
Edgerton
Text
42
Type
handwritten black ink
Location
obverse bottom
Inscriber
Edgerton
Text
Smith
Type
handwritten black ink
Location
obverse bottom
Inscriber
Edgerton
Text
2
Type
impression
Location
obverse top
Text
17

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