Swann Auction Galleries, Photographic Literature & Photographs, May 15, 2008, lot 348; Private collection.

Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton (American, 1903-1990) Collection of Twenty-Seven Vintage Photographs, 1937-1960 Gelatin silver prints 3-1/4 x 4-1/8 inches (8.3 x 10.5 cm) to 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25 cm) (images/sheets) "Milk Drop" is signed and inscribed by Edgerton in the image. PROVENANCE: Swann Auction Galleries, Photographic Literature & Photographs, May 15, 2008, lot 348; Private collection. Comprising stop-motion prints of milk drop coronet, cock fight, white pigeon with wings spread, hummingbird, coils of smoke and propeller, and variant images of golf swings, the collapse of a soap bubble, negative images of Edgerton swinging a golf club, and more; with two photographs of "Doc" and related ephemera. Formerly in the collection of Raymond S. Stevens, President of Arthur D. Little and a member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation, where Harold Edgerton spent the entirety of his academic career; thence by descent. The archive includes several of Edgerton's best-known photographs, together with a significant group of golf-related images assembled for Stevens, an avid golfer. Also included are a Typed Letter Signed by Robert Tyre Jones Jr. ("Bobby" Jones), a photograph of Edgerton with the Spalding team, and a selection of related ephemera. Harold Eugene "Doc" Edgerton (1903-1990) revolutionized photography through his development of the electronic stroboscope, using the camera as a scientific instrument to record phenomena too rapid for the human eye to perceive. His pioneering work established the foundations of stop-action and ultra-high-speed photography and led to important applications in fields including military reconnaissance, atomic research, and underwater exploration. Although conceived as scientific studies, Edgerton's photographs soon came to be appreciated as works of remarkable visual power. Images of bullets piercing apples, hummingbirds suspended in flight, shattering light bulbs, and athletes frozen at the decisive instant transformed fleeting moments into enduring icons of twentieth-century photography. Among his most celebrated achievements is Milk Drop Coronet (1936), in which a single drop of milk forms a perfectly symmetrical crown—a photograph that has become an enduring symbol of the convergence of scientific inquiry and artistic vision. HID12401132022 © 2026 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice

In overall good to very good condition. Several prints with scattered creases. Some photographs mounted to board.