Seth Nicholson, Elizabeth Connor, and Paul Merrill inside the Mount Wilson Observatory Library, Pasadena. Nicholson is at the far left, looking over Connor's shoulder. The group is posed in front of a portrait painting of George Ellery Hale. Books line the wall behind them. Connor was the Library's librarian from 1916 until her retirement in May 1950. Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Nicholson, Seth B. (Seth Barnes), 1891-1963 Connor, Elizabeth Merrill, Paul W. (Paul Willard), 1887-1961 Astronomers Scientists Librarians Libraries--California--Pasadena--Photographs Portrait paintings Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938 Books Bookcases Mount Wilson Observatory Group portraits. (gmgpc) Portrait Photographs. (aat) Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
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