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Title
Walther Mayer, Albert Einstein, Walter Adams and Edwin Hubble at Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1931-01-29
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
(Left to right): Walther Mayer, Albert Einstein, Walter Adams, and Edwin Hubble on the catwalk of the 100-inch telescope dome, Mount Wilson Observatory. All four of the men are wearing suits. Trees are seen on the ground, below the observatory's exterior balcony.
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 5X7 B/W print
Identifier
COPC 2794
30791
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1555
Subject
Mayer, W. (Walther), b. 1887
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
Adams, Walter S. (Walter Sydney), 1876-1956
Hubble, Edwin Powell, 1889-1953
Astronomers
Physicists
Scientists
Suits (Clothing)
Mount Wilson Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Balconies
Trees
Group portraits. (gmgpc)
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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