Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Dr. Albert Abraham Michelson, the first American to receive the Nobel Prize in sciences, in a laboratory, ca.1930. Dr. Michelson is standing at left and facing to the right. He is wearing a dark suit and a light shirt. He is an old man with unkempt hair. He is grabbing onto a wooden platform in front of him. On the platform are several ring stands and clamps. A large section of pipe can be seen behind him. The walls of the room are made of corrugated metal. Originally, the photograph was captioned as "Portrait of William Mulholland in a laboratory with equipment used in the construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, ca.1950".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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