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Harold Edgerton
MIT from Boston at Night1940-1941

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Black and white aerial night photograph of an illuminated city skyline along a dark waterfront, with broken light reflecting off the water's surface and a bright beam of light in the lower right

Harold Edgerton, MIT from Boston at Night, 1940-1941, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Harold Edgerton
Title
MIT from Boston at Night
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1940-1941
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 8 1/16 × 10 5/8 in. (20.48 × 26.99 cm) Primary support: 8 5/8 × 11 1/16 in. (21.91 × 28.1 cm) Mat: 14 × 17 in. (35.56 × 43.18 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Accession Number
AC1996.119.7
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© 2010 MIT. Courtesy of MIT Museum.