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Title
Portrait of Ira Sprague Bowen inside the Hale Observatories Library, Pasadena
Date Created and/or Issued
1964-06
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
Portrait of Ira Sprague Bowen inside the Hale Observatories Library, Pasadena. Bowen is wearing a suit, necktie and eyeglasses, and appears to be seated and leaning against a desk. An astrolabe is to his left. Bookcases and books are seen behind him.
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
Identifier
COPC 2699
30696
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/2092
Subject
Bowen, Ira Sprague, 1898-1973
Astronomers
Scientists
Libraries
Interiors
Desks
Astrolabes
Bookcases
Books
Suits (Clothing)
Neckties
Eyeglasses
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Pasadena (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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