Carl Clarence Kiess (left) and Frank Bowers Littell (right)

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-4694]

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. SIA2008-4694

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Summary

left to right: Carl Clarence Kiess (1887-1967), astronomer and physicist, U.S. Bureau of Standards, and Frank Bowers Littell (1869-1951), astronomer, U.S. Naval Observatory, on board the dirigible U.S.S. Los Angeles, January 24, 1925, for the solar eclipse expedition flight.

Subject

  • Kiess, Carl Clarence 1887-1967
  • Littell, Frank Bowers 1869-1951
  • U.S.S. Los Angeles (Airship)
  • United States Bureau of Standards
  • United States Naval Observatory

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-4694

Repository Loc.

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

Date

  • 1925
  • January 24, 1925

Restrictions & Rights

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  • Copyright Not Evaluated

Topic

  • Solar eclipses
  • Scientific expeditions
  • Astronomy
  • Physics

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-4694]

Physical description

Photographic prints

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