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Cousteau expedition, Puerto Rico Trench - Jacques Cousteau, Simone Cousteau, A. Falco, 1959
Major collection: Science & Technology
Named collection: Harold E. Edgerton Collection
Object type: color slide
Maker: Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Place made: United States
Date made: 1959-11
Materials: 35mm film; cardboard
Measurements: 2" x 2"
HEE-SC-03841
Named collection: Harold E. Edgerton Collection
Object type: color slide
Maker: Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Place made: United States
Date made: 1959-11
Materials: 35mm film; cardboard
Measurements: 2" x 2"
Jacques Cousteau, Simone Cousteau, Albert Falco (far right) and other crew members examining the broken underwater survey instrument tow sled (called "troika"); likely during the 1959 expedition to the Puerto Rico Trench. (CC)
HEE-SC-03841
