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Title
Charles St. John, Ferdinand Ellerman, Albert Einstein, Walther Mayer and Edwin Hubble, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1931-01-29
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
(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.
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Extent
1 8X10 print; 1 8X10 film neg
Identifier
COPC 2787
30784
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1548
Subject
St. John, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1857-1935
Ellerman, Ferdinand, 1869-1940
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
Mayer, W. (Walther), b. 1887
Hubble, Edwin Powell, 1889-1953
Astronomers
Physicists
Scientists
Suits (Clothing)
Neckties
Hats
Eyeglasses
Mount Wilson Observatory
Group portraits. (gmgpc)
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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