Title | 1901 Solar Eclipse Expedition |
View | Camp 111:5 (2008-003) |
Series | VI: Yerkes Observatory |
Description | Main eclipse camp entrance gate at Solok. Fort barracks in the background. Photograph taken on the United States Naval Observatory expedition to Sumatra. The eleven member team, of which astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard of Yerkes Observatory was a participant, recorded the total solar eclipse of May 18, 1901. |
Subject Terms | Gates | Roads | Agricultural land | Forts | Camps (Temporary settlements) | Scientific expeditions |
Photographer | Barnard, Edward Emerson, 1857-1923 |
Photograph Date | 1901 |
Physical Format | Glass plate negatives; 9.9 x 12.4 cm |
Location | Solok, Indonesia |
Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
Image Identifier | apf6-03935 |
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