Title | 1901 Solar Eclipse Expedition |
View | Camp 111:6 (2008-003) |
Series | VI: Yerkes Observatory |
Description | Interior view of the main eclipse camp at Solok. 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 | Personnel | Barracks | Forts | Wagons (Cargo vehicles) | Camps (Temporary settlements) | Scientific expeditions |
Photographer | Barnard, Edward Emerson, 1857-1923 |
Photograph Date | 1901 |
Physical Format | Black-and-white negatives; 9.4 x 11.6 cm |
Location | Solok, Indonesia |
Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
Image Identifier | apf6-03936 |
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