Lisa,

I agree with Suzanne Quigley about the Edgerton photographs, and will check
with a colleague in our museum, Joyce Bedi, who knew Doc E. more recently
than I, and I believe is doing her dissertation on his work.  She should know
the situation well.  I'll report back when I find out.

Years ago someone wanted a copy print of one of our Edgerton photographs.  I
told the inquirer we could supply it only if Edgerton agreed.  To my
surprise, he wrote to me and said, go ahead, he had no objections and didn't
want a fee.  That, however, was before his photographs began being sold by
galleries as works of art, the prices went up, and probably his copyrights
began to be enforced.

I can't resist an anecdote.  During his last visit to our museum many moons
ago, I was showing him around, and we chanced upon a teen-aged girl who was
playing with our interactive electronic flash display.  He reached into his
pocket and handed her a postcard of one of his greatest hits--probably a
milk-drop shot.  Since she looked a bit alarmed at this impish geezer handing
her a picture postcard, I hastily introduced him.  I said, "This is Dr.
Edgerton.  He invented electronic flash."  She nearly fell over and said
"Wow!"

David Haberstich
National Museum of American History

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