Find results with:

Add another field

Search by date

to

Searching collections:

California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Add or remove collections

Home Photographic apparatus constructed by experimental photographer Eadwaerd Muybridge, Palo Alto,...

Reference URL

Share

Comment

Save to favorites

To link to this object, paste this link in email, IM or document

To embed this object, paste this HTML in website

Photographic apparatus constructed by experimental photographer Eadwaerd Muybridge, Palo Alto, ca.1872-1878

View Description

Download

small (250x250 max)

medium (500x500 max)

large ( > 500x500)

Full Resolution

Print

Loading content ...

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

Submit

Cancel

...

Back to top

Powered by CONTENTdm®

Title	Photographic apparatus constructed by experimental photographer Eadwaerd Muybridge, Palo Alto, ca.1872-1878
Description	Photograph of the apparatus constructed by experimental photographer Eadwaerd Muybridge in order to capture former California Governor Leland Stanford's horse while in motion, Palo Alto, ca.1872-1878. Two men at left attend to a track situated next to a long wall, while others attend to subsequent tracks and a shed inscribed with the numbers 1 through 24 to the right. A box supported by carpenter's benches stands in the right foreground. Trees are visible in the background.; "The components required during the process included twelve cameras, equipped with 'fast' stereo lenses and an electrically-controlled mechanism to operate the cameras' special shutters. Wires laid underground along the track at 21-inch intervals released the shutter of each camera as the wheels of the sulky made contact. The twelve pictures -- taken in about half a second -- were the result of Muybridge's long work designing and assembling the equipment used (in conjunction with a group of scientists & engineers) and formulating the vital chemical recipe to develop clear photographs of fast movement." -- from the California Museum of Photography homepage, http://photo.ucr.edu/photographers/muybridge/default.html.
Subject (adlf)	sports facilities
Subject (file heading)	Photographers -- Muybridge, Eadweard J.
Subject (lcsh)	Photography, High-speed Photographers Horses Cameras
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Palo Alto
Geographic subject (county)	Santa Clara
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1872/1878
Photographer	Muybridge, Eadweard J.
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1872/1878
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Accession number	7313
Call number	CHS-7313
Microfiche number	1-22-
Legacy record ID	chs-m10801; USC-1-1-1-10951
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-7313
Archival file	chs_Volume101/CHS-7313.tiff

USC Libraries

University of Southern California

USC Digital Library

Find results with:

Searching collections:

Home Photographic apparatus constructed by experimental photographer Eadwaerd Muybridge, Palo Alto,...

Photographic apparatus constructed by experimental photographer Eadwaerd Muybridge, Palo Alto, ca.1872-1878

Description

Comments

Collaborative Projects

USCDL Supporters

USC Digital Library