Walter S. Adams (left) and J.S. Plaskett at an outdoor reception. The handwritten caption below the photograph reads: "For the Mt. Wilson Obs. Bulletin Board, H.S." The typescript note below that reads: "A 'stud'y of 'Sad directors far from home' -- notation by Mr. Shapley on back of picture". Mr. Adams and Mr. Plaskett are both wearing suits and neckties. Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Adams, Walter S. (Walter Sydney), 1876-1956 Plaskett, J. S. (John Stanley), 1865-1941 Shapley, Willis H Astronomers Scientists Suits (Clothing) Neckties Group portraits. (gmgpc) Portrait Photographs. (aat) Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
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