Object Details
Subject
Mount Wilson Observatory
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
Produced by the Los Angeles Photo Post Card Co. on Kodak paper.
"Real photo" postcards were first produced using the Kodak "postcard camera." The postcard camera could take a picture and then print a postcard-size negative of the picture, complete with a divided back and place for postage.
The postcards from Mt. Wilson belonged to Charles Greeley Abbot. He was the fifth Secretary of the Smithsonian and was an astrophysicist and solar researcher. The Mt. Wilson Observatory opened in the early 1900s, and many researchers, including those from the Smithsonian, visited the observatory to study. The observatory is funded by the Carnegie Institution for Science.
Summary
Grayscale, real photo postcard of snow at the Mt. Wilson Hotel in California. The hotel is almost unrecognizable under a thick blanket of snow. A man is walking in front of the hotel. The sun tower of the Mt. Wilson Observatory is in the right background. The front of the postcard has a white border. The postcard is unused.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 27, Folder: Charles Greeley Abbot: Snow at Mt. Wilson Hotel (1)
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
c. 1930s
Standard number
SIA2013-07679 (front) and SIA2013-07680 (back)
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Type
Postcard
Photographic print
Physical description
Number of Images: 2; Color: Black and White; Size: 5.4w x 3.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Photographic print
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
California
Data Source
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
Topic
Postcard
Hotels
Snow
Record ID
siris_sic_14054