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Call Number:

PH-02622

Collection Name:

Mount Wilson Observatory Photography Collection

Creator:

Duncan, John Charles, 1882-1967

Pease, F. G. (Francis Gladheim), 1881-1938 (1881 - 1938)

Ritchey, G. W. (George Willis), 1864-1945 (1864 - 1945)

No. of Items:

10 photographs and 1 map

Span Dates:

1909-1921

Description:

The collection consists of nine vintage gelatin silver prints of astronomical subject produced by the Mount Wilson Observatory between 1909 and 1921, and 1 vintage Superschmidt curved gelatin silver sheet film negative of a star field. The collection is accompanied by a small map, presumably of relevance to negative and/or the prints.

Accession No(s):

2014:0021:0001-0011; Gift of Joan Smith, widow of Dr. Harlan Smith, former emeritus professor of astronomy at the University of Texas and director of the McDonald Observatory, 2014. (14-06-011-G)

Location(s):

1 osb, Mt. Wilson Observatory Box 1 (2014:0021:0001-0009)
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1 osb, Mt. Wilson Observatory Box 2 (2014:0021:0010-0011 negative, map)
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