Helicopter Taking Off
Date1948
Artist
Andreas Feininger
(American photographer, 1906–1999)
Illustration CitationLife Magazine, February 1949
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet: 10 5/8 × 13 3/8 in. (27 × 34 cm)
Credit LineSpecial Purchase Fund, 1975
Object number1975-55
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPHOTOGRAPH
Label TextThis photograph of a U.S. Navy Sikorsky S-51 helicopter was reproduced in Life magazine in February 1949 with the caption: "Slinky like light pattern in the blackness of moonlight sky produced by a time exposure of the light tipped rotor blades of a grounded helicopter as it takes off into the dark sky. Location: Anacostia, MD."
