Chester Burleigh Watts (left), Edwin Taylor Pollock (center), and George Henry Peters (right), scientists on the Solar Eclipse Expedition

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2017-003780]

Creator: Davis, Watson 1896-1967

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1925

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2017-003780

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Summary

Scientists on the solar eclipse expedition on board the dirigible U.S.S. Los Angeles. Left to right: Chester Burleigh Watts (1889-1971), astronomer, U.S. Naval Observatory; Edwin Taylor Pollock 1870-1943), Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Observatory; George Henry Peters (1863-1947), astronomer, U.S. Naval Observatory.

Subject

  • Watts, C. B (Chester Burleigh) 1889-1971
  • Pollock, Edwin T (Edwin Taylor) 1870-1943
  • Peters, George Henry 1863-1947
  • U.S.S. Los Angeles (Airship)
  • United States Naval Observatory

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2017-003780

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1925
  • January 24, 1925

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  • Copyright Not Evaluated

Topic

  • Solar eclipses
  • Scientific expeditions
  • Astronomy

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2017-003780]

Physical description

Photographic prints; 8 x 6.5

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