Yerkes Observatory Events
| Title | Yerkes Observatory Events |
| View | Visit of the National Academy of Sciences 5:1184 (2008-003) |
| Series | VI: Yerkes Observatory |
| Description | Members of the National Academy of Sciences visit Yerkes Observatory, November 18, 1903. The delegation viewed the newly installed Snow telescope, a gift of philanthropist Helen E. Snow in memory of her father. Among those pictured: Edward A. Burge, Charles R. Van Hise, George Ellery Hale (6th, left), Thomas C. Chamberlin, Albert A. Michelson, Samuel P. Langley, George C. Comstock, Edward E. Ayer, Edward Emerson Barnard. |
| Subject Terms | Langley, Samuel Pierpont, 1834-1906 | Snow, Helen E. | Van Hise, Charles Richard, 1857-1918 | Chamberlin, Thomas Chrowder, 1843-1928 | Comstock, George Cary, 1855-1934 | National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) |
| Photograph Date | 1903-11-18 |
| Physical Format | Glass plate negatives; 18.9 x 24.8 cm |
| Location | 373 West Geneva Street | Williams Bay, Wisconsin |
| Campus Grid | Y01 |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf6-00104 |
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