Image / Portrait of Ira Sprague Bowen inside the Hale Observatories Library, Pasadena

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Title: Portrait of Ira Sprague Bowen inside the Hale Observatories Library, Pasadena
Date Created and/or Issued: 1964-06
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: Portrait of Ira Sprague Bowen inside the Hale Observatories Library, Pasadena. Bowen is wearing a suit, necktie and eyeglasses, and appears to be seated and leaning on a desk. A portion of an astrolabe is seen at the far left. A wall of bookcases and books is seen behind him.
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 film neg
Identifier: COPC 2700
30697
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/2093
Subject: Bowen, Ira Sprague, 1898-1973
Astronomers
Scientists
Suits (Clothing)
Neckties
Eyeglasses
Desks
Libraries
Interiors
Astrolabes
Bookcases
Books
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Pasadena (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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