Scientists on Solar eclipse Expedition, in front of the "U.S.S. Los Angeles."
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Date: 1925
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2017-003784
Crew and scientists for 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; George Henry Peters (1863-1947), astronomer, U.S. Naval Observatory; Frank Bowers Littell (1869-1951), astronomer, U.S. Naval Observatory; Edwin Taylor Pollock (1870-1943), Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Observatory; Walter Leroy Richardson (1889-1945), chief photographer for the U.S. Bureau of Aeronautics; Alvin K. Peterson, chief photographer for the U.S. Navy; Watson Davis (1896-1967), Managing Editor, Science Service.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2017-003784
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Black-and-white photographs
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2017-003784]
Photographic prints; 8.5 x 6.5