Tank at Aberdeen, C. 1951

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Tank at Aberdeen, C. 1951

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Harold Edgerton

American Photographer · 1903–1990

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> Don't make me out an artist. I'm an engineer. I'm after the facts. Only the facts. Harold "Doc" Edgerton learned photography from an uncle in Aurora, Nebraska, during his high school years. Setting up a darkroom in his parents' kitchen, Edgerton went to work during the summer for the Nebraska Power and Light Company. In 1925 he received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and went to w

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Date
1951
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
e97cecf5-b7b6-422e-9787-663110deec9c

A view of a tank and a half-built structure in the Aberdeen Proving Grounds. Three men stand on the tank while a fourth stands on the ground next to it.

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