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Total Eclipse of the Sun

Artist S. B. Cummings (American)

Date1932

MediumGelatin silver prints

DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 × 171 inches (16.51 × 434.34 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.4891

InscribedNotations handwritten documenation of events

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DescriptionUnique, hand-made accordion-style series of 37 v.g.s. prints, with detailed hand-written documentation, all made between 2:20 pm and 4:35 pm, August 31, 1932, at Norway, Maine, by S.B. Cummings, F.H. Chandler, and Vivian Akers.

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