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Title
Walter S. Adams and Paul W. Merrill, standing with four displays at the Mount Wilson Observatory exhibits area
Date Created and/or Issued
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
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
Walter S. Adams (left) & Paul W. Merrill standing amid four displays at the Mount Wilson Observatory exhibits area. On the far left-hand side, on the wall behind Adams is the Periodic table of elements. Several displays are shown, placed on tables. Merrill is standing behind a model of a spectroscope.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type
image
Format
image/tiff
Identifier
COPC 1573
29570
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/703
Subject
Astronomers
Scientists
Adams, Walter S. (Walter Sydney), 1876-1956
Merrill, Paul W. (Paul Willard), 1887-1961
Mount Wilson Observatory
Exhibits
Interiors
Astronomical instruments
Spectroscope--Models
Tables
Rugs
Suits (Clothing)
Eyeglasses
Chemical elements
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Group portraits. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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