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tripod

tripod

Date: 1940-1946
Inventory Number: 2006-1-0113
Classification: Tripod
Subject:
acoustics, underwater acoustics,
Maker: Bell & Howell Company (1907 - 2001)
User: Underwater Sound Laboratory, Harvard University (1941 - 1949)
Cultural Region:
United States,
Place of Origin:
Chicago,
Dimensions:
folded: 112 x 21 x 21 cm (44 1/8 x 8 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Material:
wood, metal,
Description:
A wooden tripod with metal fittings and pointed metal tips. Two ties, one black and one white, hold folded tripod in place.
Signedon top: B & H CO.
Curatorial RemarksPaper tag tied to tripod has the following info: "? not disturb / F.V. Hunt". This could mean that this tripod was used during World War II at the Underwater Sound Laboratory, Harvard University.

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