Photo album of the 4th Conference of the International Union for Solar Research. The album is bound in gray paper boards, with "Photographs" embossed in red on the front cover. A typescript label is taped to the front cover and reads: "Mount Wilson...
Schneider's cabin ('halfway house') half-way up the Mount Wilson toll road. Photo taken at 1:30 pm. A double-decker porch surrounds the wooden cabin building. Two unidentified men are sitting in rocking chairs on the lower porch. At the front of...
Ferdinand Ellerman, seated on the steps of a house with his family. Ellerman is in the foreground, looking at the little girl in his lap. Behind him on the porch are two women and a man, all of whom are seated. The doorway from the porch leading...
Elizabeth Connor standing in the Mount Wilson Observatory Library, Pasadena. Connor stands with an open book in her hands. In front of her is a large desk and two chairs. Behind her on the wall is a large portrait of George Ellery Hale surrounded...
Conference room in the new wing of Mount Wilson Observatory's Office Building, Pasadena. Chairs surround a long, rectangular table. Floor-to-ceiling windows are seen at the far left; a blackboard on the wall at the far right.
Horace W. Babcock addressing seated guests at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. Babcock stands at a podium, inside the Oscar G. Mayer memorial building that houses the telescope. The unidentified guests are seated in...
Group portrait of Mount Wilson and Hale Observatories research staff in the Hale Library, Pasadena. Eighteen (18) men, most of whom are wearing suits and ties, are posed in two rows in front of a wall of books. A portrait painting hangs in the...
Computer terminals in the 60-foot tower telescope observatory, Mount Wilson Observatory. The computers are on desks against the wall. A window with closed drapes is seen next to a bulletin board on the wall. Chairs are in front of the desks.
Margaret Hale, as an infant, with 5 other small children, seated in chairs. Margaret Hale was the daughter of George Ellery Hale. As a married woman, she was Margaret Hale Scherer. She was born in 1897. The other children seated with Margaret Hale...
Group portrait of Mount Wilson Observatory's mountain staff at the Monastery. The eight (8) unidentified people are posed on a patio. The seven men and one woman are standing or seated in chairs. A door is behind the standing man who is wearing a...
Guests arriving inside the dome at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. A small group of unidentified men and women are seen entering the observatory dome, approaching the chairs. The interior balcony of the observatory is...
Campsite in the woods, Mount Wilson. Two unidentified women and a young girl pose in their campsite consisting of a tent, a table and chairs. An automobile is seen in the background, near the center. Trees are in teh area surrounding the campsite.
Interior of the Hale Observatories Library, Pasadena. Tables and chairs line the side walls. A portrait painting of George Ellery Hale hangs among the books on the far end wall.
Interior of the Library in Mount Wilson Observatory's Pasadena office building. Book cases filled with books line the back wall; a painted portrait hangs in the center. Tables and chairs are in the center of the room.
(Left to right, front): Charles St. John, Albert Einstein, Walter Adams, Walther Mayer, (rear): Edwin Hubble, Arthur King, and Alfred Joy in the Monastery Library, Mount Wilson Observatory. The four men in the front row are seated in chairs. All...
(Left to right, front): Charles St. John, Albert Einstein, Walter Adams, Walther Mayer, (rear): Edwin Hubble, Arthur King, and Alfred Joy in the Monastery Library, Mount Wilson Observatory. The four men in the front row are seated in chairs. All...
(Left to right, front): Charles St. John, Albert Einstein, Walter Adams, Walther Mayer, (rear): Edwin Hubble, Arthur King, and Alfred Joy in the Monastery Library, Mount Wilson Observatory. The Monastery served as a dormitory for visiting...
(Left to right, front): Charles St. John, Albert Einstein, Walter Adams, Walther Mayer, (rear): Edwin Hubble, Arthur King, and Ferdinand Ellerman in the Monastery Library, Mount Wilson Observatory. The Monastery served as a dormitory for visiting...
George Ellery Hale's library inside the Hale Solar Laboratory, Pasadena. In the far wall, large windows are covered with dark curtains. A carved wooden ceiling is seen above the windows. Bookcases with books fill the walls on either side of the...