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Antique Gun Firing by Harold Edgerton — VisualArtsDB

Antique Gun Firing

Antique Gun Firing

Harold Edgerton

1936

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 36.3 x 46.7 cm (14 5/16 x 18 3/8 in.) sheet: 40.7 x 50.7 cm (16 x 19 15/16 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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American

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