Objects

Viewing Record 6 of 1928
Previous Record  Next Record
Switch Views: Lightbox | Image List | List

Welcome to the archived version of the MIT Museum's online collections portal! This site was used to test features and content for the newly redesigned MIT Museum Collections site, which has now launched with over 106,000 objects. Please use the new MIT Museum Collections site for further research and discovery. Webmuseum.mit.edu remains online during the transition period but will not receive new updates or content.

U of M and Tall-masted Ship

Major collection: Holography
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: Leith, Emmett N.; Upatnieks, Juris
Date made: 1964
Materials: laser transmission; glass
Measurements: 5 in x 4 in
Nomenclature: scientific/historical
Classification: holograms

Wooden model of a tall-masted ship positioned in front of a sign that reads `U of M' (University of Michigan), positioned on the left side of the glass; mirrors used in original holographic table setup are visible in the center; inverted, upside-down image of the ship and sign is on the right; red image; "Masking tape wrapped with cover glass. Same background as the 12/64 hologram, but with a more interesting and parallax-active foreground." (from Leith's notes; from sheet `Materials collected on 5/19/93 by S.A. Benton, at Ann Arbor,' which can be found in the accession file for the accession number above)


1993.061.022

Gift of Emmett Leith