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Title:
Multiflash photograph of Peter Des Jardin diving into MIT pool
Object name(s):
gelatin silver prints; gelatin silver prints
Brief description:
Multiflash photograph of Peter Des Jardin diving into the MIT pool, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, by Harold Edgerton, 1941, capturing the full range of movement as the diver does a backflip off the diving board. One of forty six black and white high speed photographs by Harold Edgerton.
Collection:
Science Museum Group
Associated concept:
gelatin silver prints
Credit line:
The National Media Museum, Bradford
Dimension:
height
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
13 11/16
Dimension:
height
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
347
Dimension:
width
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
10 13/16
Dimension:
width
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
275
Material:
paper (fibre product)
Object name:
gelatin silver prints; gelatin silver prints
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1941
Date - latest:
1941
Object production date:
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1941
Date - latest:
1941
Object production person:
Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Object production place:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, United States
Other number:
1978-152/11
Other number type:
accession number
Other number:
1008/17/31
Other number type:
file number
Responsible department/section:
NSMM - Photographs

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/7d5acb07-d068-376c-a6f8-596631878254

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/7d5acb07-d068-376c-a6f8-596631878254, Science Museum Group, CC BY

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