Records of the Harvard College Observatory : Photographs, 1887-[ca. 1930? and undated]

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Records of the Harvard College Observatory : Photographs, 1887-[ca. 1930? and undated]

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These photographs depict the staff activities, including travel and research, of the Harvard College Observatory as well as the the landscape, buildings, and equipment in Cambridge and at observatory stations in Colorado, California, Jamaica, and South America (chiefly Peru). Research was primarily astronomical, but also included some meteorological observation. Approximately half the photographs depict South America.

ca. 1200 photographs (4.2 cubic feet ; 46 flat boxes)

Harvard University Archives.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7646506

Harvard University Archives.

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