Keetmanshoop, Southwest Africa

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Summary

Photograph taken by Astrophysicist and Fifth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Charles Greeley Abbot of Keetmanshoop, Southwest Africa. Abbot titled the picture "Hunting an Observatory." The image shows a small town with scattered sparse trees and small hills in the background.

Subject

  • Abbot, C. G (Charles Greeley) b. 1872
  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

There are many photos of this area taken by Abbot in SIA RU7005 B187 F8.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7005, Box 187, Folder 8

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1925

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Keetmanshoop, Southwest Africa
  • Observatories
  • Secretariats
  • Astrophysicists
  • Landscapes
  • Secretaries
  • Observing (field) stations

Place

Africa

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Landscape

ID Number

94-12560

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Landscape; Medium: Photographic print

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