Where: Unknown
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When: 01 January 1936
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Harris & Ewing,, photographer.
NO CAPTION
[1936]
1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
Notes:
Date based on date of negatives in same range.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
Subjects:
United States.
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see Harris & Ewing Photographs - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/140_harr.html
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Harris & Ewing photograph collection (DLC) 2009632509
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hec.41183
Call Number: LC-H2- B-10591
Source: Flickr Commons
Views: 5987
NO CAPTION
[1936]
1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
Notes:
Date based on date of negatives in same range.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
Subjects:
United States.
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see Harris & Ewing Photographs - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/140_harr.html
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Harris & Ewing photograph collection (DLC) 2009632509
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hec.41183
Call Number: LC-H2- B-10591
Info:
Owner: The Library of CongressSource: Flickr Commons
Views: 5987
ART NAHPRO
Two brass telescopes in the background so maybe some precision optical device or camera. I thought at first maybe a rostrum camera of some sort but I dont think it is that. . The big flat base plate seems to be dvided into squares ,, a big pole in the centre so unlikely to be a bed for processing or placing images There is a box on a plank that has the word Dietzgem written on it. A company called Dietzgem makes precison drafting instruments,
ART NAHPRO
Three big Eveready batteries wired up on the floor
ART NAHPRO
Maybe the mechanism for manoeuvring a larger optical telescope?
Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )
My guess is an small solar telescope that projects the image onto a horizontal board to take heliographs.