Shah of Iran Visits Smithsonian Station in Shiraz, Iran

ID: 2003-19527

Creator: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1959

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 108 Box 2 Folder 5

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Summary

The operation of the Baker-Nunn camera, located at the Smithsonian Station in Shiraz, Iran, is explained to Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, on April 26, 1959. In 1966, the station was moved to Debre Zeit, Ethiopia.

Subject

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 108 Box 2 Folder 5

Contact information

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

Date

1959

Restrictions & Rights

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Topic

  • Observatories
  • Shah of Iran
  • Instruments
  • Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza
  • Baker-Nunn camera
  • Dignitaries
  • Observing stations
  • Kings and rulers
  • Baker-Nunn Camera
  • Event

Place

Iran

Form/Genre

Photographic print

ID Number

2003-19527

Physical description

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

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