Author:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Aldrich, Loyal Blaine 1884-1965  Search this

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory  Search this

Physical description:

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

Type:

Photographic print

Landscape

Date:

c. 1920

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes:

Negative 94-12565 is a copy print. For the best print use, MAH-11015.

Summary:

Loyal B. Aldrich, who worked for SAO from 1908-1956 and was its director from 1944 to 1955, and others outside the living quarters of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory solar station. The solar station operated from 1920 to 1955 at Mt. Montezuma, Chile. Two men are seated in an automobile and one man is petting a dog.

Contained within:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7005, Box 186, Folder: 4

Contact information:

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

Topic:

Astrophysicists  Search this

Astrophysics  Search this

Automobiles  Search this

Directors  Search this

Dogs  Search this

Field Work  Search this

Field Stations  Search this

Mt. Montezuma, Chile  Search this

Mountains--Chile  Search this

Observatories  Search this

Observing (field) stations  Search this

Solar energy--Research  Search this

Solar observing stations  Search this

Solar Research  Search this

Solar station  Search this

Smithsonian Institution--Employees  Search this

Standard number:

MAH-11015 and 94-12565

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_8183