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Albert Einstein, Walther Mayer and Walter Adams on the catwalk of the 100-inch telescope dome, Mount Wilson Observatory

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Title: Albert Einstein, Walther Mayer and Walter Adams on the catwalk of the 100-inch telescope dome, 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: (Left to right): Albert Einstein, Walther Mayer, and Walter Adams on the catwalk of the 100-inch telescope dome, Mount Wilson Observatory. The three men are wearing suits. The catwalk is the exterior balcony that runs around the outside of the dome. Trees are seen 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 4X5 B/W print; 1 8X10 print
Identifier: COPC 2793
30790
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1554
Subject: Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
Mayer, W. (Walther), b. 1887
Adams, Walter S. (Walter Sydney), 1876-1956
Astronomers
Physicists
Scientists
Suits (Clothing)
Mount Wilson Observatory
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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