Carpenter photograph collection, 1925-1929.

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Carpenter photograph collection, 1925-1929.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48219700

Summary: Photographs of the mountain ranges surrounding the Tucson area, the mines and desert landscape in the San Pedro Valley, views of Tucson taken from the Steward Observatory on the University of Arizona campus, and the Roosevelt Dam area. Highlights are views of the Catalina foothills area, and Tucson looking east to the Rincon Mountains, north and northeast to the Santa Catalina Mountains, and south to the Santa Rita Mountains from the top of the Steward Observatory. There are also views of Mammoth Mine and Mohawk Mine, the Salt River and Roosevelt Dam, and distant views of Table Mountain, the Huachuca Mountains, and Baboquivari Peak.

.75 linear ft. (1 box)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7591137

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Carpenter, Edwin Francis, 1898-1963.

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Astronomer. Faculty member of University of Arizona from 1925, and director of Steward Observatory, 1938-1963. From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84317686 Biographical note: Astronomer, director of the Steward Observatory and head of the astronomy department at the University of Arizona; Carpenter arrived in Arizona in 1925 to teach astronomy at the University. From the description of Carpenter photograph collection, 1925-1929. (Arizon...