US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Father Jerome Ricard at the train station. Father Ricard was known as the Padre of the Rains for accurately predicting the weather of Southern California in the early 20th century from the observatory of Santa Clara University. Text from negative sleeve: Ricard, Jerome Father. Weather Man. 1928. Handwritten on negative: Father Sixtus Ricard
Type
image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_b3725_G4182 ark:/21198/z1hq9rxd
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Weather--California--Santa Clara Meteorology--California--Santa Clara Astronomical observatories--California--Santa Clara Priests--California--Santa Clara Weather forecasting--California--Santa Clara Arrivals & departures--French--California--Santa Clara Santa Clara University (Calif.) Ricard, Jerome Sixtus, 1850-1930
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