SMITH W EUGENE (1918 1978) Man in radiation helmet from the

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SMITH, W. EUGENE (1918-1978)
Man in radiation helmet, from the series "Life Without Germs." Silver print, 6 3/4x8 3/8 inches (17.1x21.3 cm.), with Smith's signature, with a stylus, on recto (in the image), and with his credit and copyright hand stamps, as well as additional hand stamps and notations, in ink, in Leslie Teicholz's hand, on verso. 1949; printed circa 1970

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From Vernon Merritt III (1940-2000), a staff photographer at LIFE Magazine from 1966-72.

The photographs in this series, done for Life Magazine, were taken at the University of Notre Dame's Laboratory of Bacteriology.

W. Eugene Smith, Master of the Photographic Essay, cat. no. 10:010.