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Albert Einstein and Ferdinand Ellerman at the focus of the 150-foot tower telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory

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Title: Albert Einstein and Ferdinand Ellerman at the focus of 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 Ferdinand Ellerman at the focus of the 150-foot tower telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory. Both men are wearing suits and hats. Some of the gearing and machinery for operating the telescope is seen above their heads.
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 film neg
Identifier: COPC 2783
30780
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1544
Subject: Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
Ellerman, Ferdinand, 1869-1940
Astronomers
Physicists
Scientists
Suits (Clothing)
Hats
Eyeglasses
Telescopes
Astronomical instruments
Gearing
Mount Wilson Observatory
Interiors
Group portraits. (gmgpc)
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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