Staff and researchers at the Monastery, Mount Wilson Observatory (Left to Right): H.L. Miller (construction superintendent), Charles Greeley Abbot, George Ellery Hale, Leonard Rose Ingersoll (Abbot's assistant), Ferdinand Ellerman, Walter Sydney Adams, Edward Emerson Barnard, and C.S. Backus (Mount Wilson observing assistant). The men are seated on rocks in front of the Monastery building; a portion of an exterior wall and one of the porches are visible behind them. Some of the men are wearing suits, and some are wearing eyeglasses; most of them are wearing hats. Trees are in the surrounding area. Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Miller, H. L Abbot, C. G. (Charles Greeley), 1872-1973 Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938 Ingersoll, Leonard Rose, 1880-1958 Ellerman, Ferdinand, 1869-1940 Adams, Walter S. (Walter Sydney), 1876-1956 Barnard, Edward Emerson, 1857-1923 Backus, C. S Astronomers Physicists Scientists Dormitories Dwellings--California Porches Suits (Clothing) Hats Eyeglasses Rocks Trees Group portraits Portrait photographs Group portraits. (gmgpc) Portrait Photographs. (aat) Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
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