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Albert Einstein and Charles St. John standing near the 150-foot tower telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory

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Title: Albert Einstein and Charles St. John standing near the 150-foot tower telescope, 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: Albert Einstein and Charles St. John standing near the 150-foot tower telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory. Both men are wearing suits and hats; Einstein is wearing a coat over his suit. The base of the 150-foot tower telescope is seen in the background, between the two men. Trees are in the background.
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 2789
30786
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1550
Subject: Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
St. John, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1857-1935
Astronomers
Physicists
Scientists
Suits (Clothing)
Coats
Hats
Eyeglasses
Towers
Observatories
Mount Wilson Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Trees
Group portraits. (gmgpc)
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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