Members of AAS pose for a group picture at their 14th meeting, held at the Allegheny Observatory in Pittsburgh
Abstract/Description: | Members of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) pose for a group picture at their 14th meeting, held at the Allegheny Observatory in Pittsburgh. Professor E.C. Pickering, President of the Society, stands in the center of the first row; Pickering was Shapley's predecessor as Director of the Harvard College Observatory. Dr. Adrian van Maanen is the young man with the bow tie behind Pickering. Miss Annie J. Cannon is the second woman to the right of Pickering. Shapley appears at the extreme left. Sarah Frances Whiting appears with her back turned to the camera in the second row. |
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Subject(s): | Outdoors Women in science Portraits, Group Pittsburgh (Pa.) American Astronomical Society (AAS) Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972 Van Maanen, Adriaan, 1884-1946 Cannon, Annie Jump, 1863-1941 Whiting, Sarah Frances, 1847-1927 Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919 |
Date Created: | August 28, 1912 |
Credit Line: | AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives; Shapley Collection |
Catalog ID: | AAS E14 |
Title: | : Members of AAS pose for a group picture at their 14th meeting, held at the Allegheny Observatory in Pittsburgh. | |
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Type of Resource: | still image | |
Date Created: | August 28, 1912 | |
Extent: | 3 photographic prints (black and white; 4.5 x 6.5 inches; 6.5 x 9.5 inches; 8 x 10 inches) | |
Abstract/Description: | Members of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) pose for a group picture at their 14th meeting, held at the Allegheny Observatory in Pittsburgh. Professor E.C. Pickering, President of the Society, stands in the center of the first row; Pickering was Shapley's predecessor as Director of the Harvard College Observatory. Dr. Adrian van Maanen is the young man with the bow tie behind Pickering. Miss Annie J. Cannon is the second woman to the right of Pickering. Shapley appears at the extreme left. Sarah Frances Whiting appears with her back turned to the camera in the second row. | |
Identifier(s): | AAS E14 (Catalog ID) | |
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Credit Line: AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives; Shapley Collection |
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Subject(s): |
Outdoors Women in science Portraits, Group Pittsburgh (Pa.) American Astronomical Society (AAS) Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972 Van Maanen, Adriaan, 1884-1946 Cannon, Annie Jump, 1863-1941 Whiting, Sarah Frances, 1847-1927 Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919 |
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Held by: | Niels Bohr Library & Archives | |
Related Title: | Shapley Collection. | |
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