Shah of Iran Visits Smithsonian Station in Shiraz, Iran
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Creator: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1959
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 108 Box 2 Folder 5
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.
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 108 Box 2 Folder 5
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1959
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Iran
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2003-19527
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print