Postcard of Hotel at Mt. Wilson
ID: SIA2013-07677 (front) and SIA2013-07678 (back)
Creator:
Form/Genre: Postcard
Date: c. 1930s
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 27, Folder: Charles Greeley Abbot: Hotel at Mt. Wilson, Calif. (1)
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Grayscale, real photo postcard of a hotel at Mt. Wilson, California. A car is parked on the side of the hotel. The tree in front of the hotel on the left side of the postcard has had its lower branches cut off. The front of the postcard has a white border. The postcard is unused.
Subject
Mount Wilson Observatory
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
- Produced by the Los Angeles Photo Post Card Co. on Kodak paper.
- "Real photo" postcards were first produced using the Kodak "postcard camera." The postcard camera could take a picture and then print a postcard-size negative of the picture, complete with a divided back and place for postage.
- The postcards from Mt. Wilson belonged to Charles Greeley Abbot. He was the fifth Secretary of the Smithsonian and was an astrophysicist and solar researcher. The Mt. Wilson Observatory opened in the early 1900s, and many researchers, including those from the Smithsonian, visited the observatory to study. The observatory is funded by the Carnegie Institution for Science.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 27, Folder: Charles Greeley Abbot: Hotel at Mt. Wilson, Calif. (1)
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
c. 1930s
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Topic
- Postcard
- Hotels
Place
- Mount Wilson (Calif.)
- California
Form/Genre
- Postcard
- Photographic print
ID Number
SIA2013-07677 (front) and SIA2013-07678 (back)
Physical description
Number of Images: 2; Color: Black and White; Size: 5.4w x 3.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Photographic print