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Velocity of light demonstration, MIT open-house (Cambridge, MA) - Mary Ricco, 1957
Major collection: Science & Technology
Named collection: Harold E. Edgerton Collection
Object type: color slide
Maker: Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Place made: United States
Materials: 35mm film; cardboard
Site location: Cambridge, MA
Measurements: 2" x 2"
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Named collection: Harold E. Edgerton Collection
Object type: color slide
Maker: Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Place made: United States
Materials: 35mm film; cardboard
Site location: Cambridge, MA
Measurements: 2" x 2"
MIT student Mary Ricco (far left) and a group of young people at an MIT Open House event in 1957 featuring a velocity of light demonstration. (CC)
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