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Title
Film crew and actors of a recreation of Michelson's velocity of light experiments, Mount Wilson
Date Created and/or Issued
1975
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Film crew and actors of a recreation of Michelson's velocity of light experiments, Mount Wilson. Twelve (12) unidentified people are posed, two of whom are women. The two men second, and third from right in the back row are two of the actors; one is wearing a military uniform and the other is wearing a suit and hat. The group is posed in front of a tent made from tarpaulins. Trees are seen behind the group.
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 729
28726
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/2388
Subject
Cinematography
Motion picture locations
Motion pictures--Setting and scenery
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States
Motion picture producers and directors
Tents
Tarpaulins
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Trees
Group portraits. (gmgpc)
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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