Mt. St. Katherine, Egypt

ID: 94-12578

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1933

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 7005 Box 186 Folder 5

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Summary

Front view of the house at the Mt. St. Katherine, Egypt Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Station, and the small house in back which was used as a tool house and which housed the motor-generator set. The Mt. St. Katherine site was operational from 1933 to 1937.

Subject

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Notes

There are many other pictures of Mt. St. Katherine in 7005/168/5.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 7005 Box 186 Folder 5

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Date

1933

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Mountains
  • Observatories
  • Observing stations
  • Observing (field) stations
  • Mt. St. Katherine, Egypt
  • Mountains--Egypt

Place

Egypt

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Landscape

ID Number

94-12578

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 3.5w x 2.5h; Type of Image: Landscape; Medium: Photographic print

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