3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch vintage toned gelatin silver print, ca. 1938. It is applied to a card backing. The card is imprinted with a text titled “Applied High-Speed Photography” from Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge. The text gives an analysis of the photograph and indicates its application to the design of equipment, the study of processes and for securing elusive facts about rapidly moving machines and materials

We usually think about the work of Edgerton and his associates at MIT in terms of the history and art of photography. This shows the early promotion of its application to industrial design. This is very rare example of ephemera. I have not found any reference to it. There is a slight fold in the lower right corner.

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