1923 Solar Eclipse Expedition
| Title | 1923 Solar Eclipse Expedition |
| View | Photograph Album 1:1 (2008-242) |
| Series | VI: Yerkes Observatory |
| Description | Camp Wrigley, looking east north east; from left: tents of the Foote family (1), University of Wisconsin shop (2), Carleton College tent and site (3), Drake University site and boxes (4), awning for lunch area (5), office (6), shop (7), John A. Parkhurst's photometric hut (8), the "Unlimited" (9), plateholder house of the horizontal telescope (10), large coelostat (11). Photograph taken on the Yerkes Observatory expedition to Santa Catalina Island, California to record the total solar eclipse of September 10, 1923. |
| Subject Terms | Camps (Temporary settlements) | Tents (Portable buildings) | Workshops (Work spaces) | Drake University | Carleton College (Northfield, Minnesota) | Scientific expeditions |
| Photographer | Lee, Oliver Justin, 1881-1964 |
| Photograph Date | 1923-09 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 21.0 x 17.5 cm |
| Location | Santa Catalina Island, California |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf6-03446-011 |
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