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Death of a Lightbulb/.30 cal. Bullet

Death of a Lightbulb/.30 cal. Bullet

Harold Edgerton

1931–1941

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 41.9 x 50.5 cm (16 1/2 x 19 7/8 in.) sheet: 50.5 x 60.5 cm (19 7/8 x 23 13/16 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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American

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Death of a Lightbulb/.30 cal. Bullet by Harold Edgerton — VisualArtsDB