1901 Solar Eclipse Expedition
| Title | 1901 Solar Eclipse Expedition |
| View | Group photograph 9:5 (2008-274) |
| Series | VI: Yerkes Observatory |
| Description | United States Naval Observatory solar eclipse party, February 1901. The eleven-member team, including astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard of Yerkes Observatory, journeyed to Sumatra to document the total solar eclipse of May 18, 1901. Among those pictured: L. E. Jewell, Heber D. Curtis?, William S. Eichelberger, Frank B. Littell, Samuel A. Mitchell, William J. Humphreys, George H. Peters, Edward Emerson Barnard, W. W. Dinwiddie, Paul Draper, Dr. Gilbert, Charles G. Abbott, A. N. Skinner. Photograph taken aboard the U. S. A. T. Sheridan in San Francisco Bay, California. |
| Subject Terms | Eichelberger, William Snyder, 1865-1951 | Barnard, Edward Emerson, 1857-1923 | Mitchell, Samuel Alfred, 1874-1960 | Humphreys, William Jackson, 1862-1949 | Littell, Frank Bowers, born 1869 | Abbot, Charles Greeley, 1872-1973 |
| Photograph Date | 1901-02 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 15.8 x 21.2 cm |
| Location | San Francisco Bay, California |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf6-04320 |
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