(Left to right): Charles St. John, Ferdinand Ellerman, Albert Einstein, Walther Mayer, and Edwin Hubble on the steps outside the 150-foot tower telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory. The manuscript title at the top of the photograph reads "On Mt. Wilson at 150' Solar Tower". Each person in the photograph is identified in red ink. All of the men are wearing suits. Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
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