Lead Falling in a Shot Tower

Harold Edgerton American

1936, printed 1960s

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Title: Lead Falling in a Shot Tower
Artist: Harold Edgerton (American, 1903–1990)
Date: 1936, printed 1960s
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 24.2 x 19.3 cm (9 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Gift of Gus and Arlette Kayafas, 1991
Object Number: 1991.1319
Rights and Reproduction: © MIT, Harold Edgerton, 2014, courtesy of Palm Press, Inc.
Curatorial Department: Photographs

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