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Title: Charles Herrold's observatory, 1895
Creator: Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued: 1895
Contributing Institution: History San Jose Research Library
Collection: History San Jose Online Catalog
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Description: On back: "1895. Charles D. Herrold taking the sun with a bubble (sic) type sexton (sic). This peculiar shaped device is an extension to the telescope. 415 North Fifth Street house still there." Featured on page 49 of Greb/Adams "Charles Herrold, Inventor of Radio Broadcasting," with caption: Charles Herrold on the roof of his San Jose home observatory in the early 1890s. He and his father built this addition to the family garage."
Type: Image
Format: Black & White, Developing-out Paper
Identifier: CA424DA8-C423-4093-9D72-252028085580
1997-300-324
Subject: Astronomy (LCSH)
Astronomical observation
Nineteenth century (LCSH)
Herrold, Charles

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