Image / Russell W. Porter at work on a drawing of a 200-inch telescope

View source image on contributor's website.

Get Citation

Have a question about this item?

Contact Owner

Item information. View source record on contributor's website.

Title: Russell W. Porter at work on a drawing of a 200-inch telescope
Creator: Fassero, James Sebastian, 1908-
Date Created and/or Issued: 1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Russell W. Porter at work on drawing of 200-inch telescope. Photo by James Fassero, Caltech Engineering Dept. Porter is seated at a drawing table, with a pencil in his right hand. He is wearing a suit, wearing eyeglasses, and is smoking a pipe. Artwork is visible on the walls behind him.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type: image
Format: image/tiff
Extent: 1 5X7 B/W print; 1 5X7 film neg; 1 8X10 print
Identifier: COPC 3055
31052
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/840
Subject: Porter, Russell Williams, 1871-1949
Fassero, James Sebastian, 1908-
Telescope makers
Astronomers
Scientists
Telescopes
Astronomical instruments
Engineering drawings
Suits (Clothing)
Eyeglasses
Tobacco pipes
Interiors
Portrait photographs
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.