Title | 1901 Solar Eclipse Expedition |
View | Sumatra Views 113:54 (2008-003) |
Series | VI: Yerkes Observatory |
Description | Sumatran river running between cliffs. 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 | Rivers | Cliffs | Forests (Plant communities) |
Photographer | Barnard, Edward Emerson, 1857-1923 |
Photograph Date | 1901 |
Physical Format | Black-and-white negatives; 9.6 x 11.6 cm |
Location | Sumatra, Indonesia |
Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
Image Identifier | apf6-04066 |
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