Charles G. Abbot's Solar Panels

Summary

Smithsonian Institution employees are working in the South Yard, behind the Smithsonian Institution Building or "Castle", on the installation of the solar powered boiler developed by fifth Smithsonian Secretary and astrophysicist Charles Greeley Abbot (1928-19244). The group is preparing for a news broadcast by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC).

Subject

• Abbot, C. G (Charles Greeley) b. 1872
• Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
• South Yard
• Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

• See Neg. #s SIA2011-0166 through SIA2011-0173 and 4694C for other views of the Solar Boiler preparation.
• This image was taken by Ruel P. Tolman, former Director of Smithsonian National Collection of Fine Arts, and is included in a scrapbook of photographs of Smithsonian staff, grounds and buildings, exhibitions, and Washington, D.C. scenes. (Section A)

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7433, Box 3, Folder: Scrapbook II, 1934-1942, A-N

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

c. September 30, 1936

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Astrophysicists
• Secretariats
• Astrophysics
• Scientific apparatus and instruments
• Secretaries
• Inventions
• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Solar energy
• Employees
• Solar Boiler
• Special events
• Event
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Event
• Group, candid

ID Number

SIA2011-0168 and 32603-10

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 2w x 2h; Type of Image: Event; Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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