Postcard of Sun Tower at Mt. Wilson
ID: SIA2013-07681 (front) and SIA2013-07682 (back)
Creator: Unknown
Form/Genre: Postcard
Date: c. 1930s
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 27, Folder: Charles Greeley Abbot: Sun Tower at Mt. Wilson Observatory, Mt. Wilson, Calif. (2)
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Grayscale, real photo postcard of the Sun Tower from the Mt. Wilson Observatory in California. The view is from the ground up, and a tall tree is to the left of the tower. The sun is in the center of the sky in the postcard. 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 Angeleno Photo Service 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: Sun Tower at Mt. Wilson Observatory, Mt. Wilson, Calif. (2)
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
- Observatories
- Science
- Astronomy
Place
- Mount Wilson (Calif.)
- California
Form/Genre
- Postcard
- Photographic print
ID Number
SIA2013-07681 (front) and SIA2013-07682 (back)
Physical description
Number of Images: 2; Color: Black and White; Size: 3.5w x 5.4h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Photographic print