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Lightning machine
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Lightning machine

Artist Unknown
Date19th to 20th Century
MediumBlack and white photograph
Dimensions3 × 4 1/4 in. (7.6 × 10.8 cm)
InscribedHandwritten in ink on verso ‘N.Y. World’s Fair 1940 General Electric’s Steinmetz Hall – Man made Lightning 10 Million Volts Aug. 31, 1940 Super xx film – f.22 – Time – K2 filter Roll #3 Frame #17’
Credit LineGift of Peter J. Cohen
Object number2023.19.283
Not on view
ProvenancePeter J. Cohen [sourced from flea markets and online commerce sites like e-Bay (1990s to present)] to CMA (2023)
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