Object Details
Author
Brocious, Daniel
Subject
Kuntz, John
McDaniel, Robert
Spanner, Shirley
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
Featured in Torch, January 1990 Supplement
Summary
In Arizona, Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory volunteers pose with symbols of their expertise. From left to right, John Kuntz grips a sledge hammer, Bob McDaniel steadies a vernier height gauge, and Shirley Spanner holds a rescued rainbow cactus. John Kuntz, a tour guide for the Observatory, has added the task of road-marker to his repertoire. Kuntz marked a 10-mile stretch of the road from the new Base Camp to the top of the mountain at 100 foot intervals for future road contractors. Bob McDaniel, a former machinist, has fashioned arcane bits and pieces of hardware for Whipple telescopes. Shirley Spanner, at the site of the Observatory's new Base Camp in the foothills of the Santa Rita Mountains, rescued a number of uncommon cactuses from the bulldozer's blade.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-015, Box 2, Folder: January 1990
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
c.1990
Standard number
2003-19513
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Type
Photographic print
Group, candid
Physical description
Color: Black and White; Size: 8 x 10; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Place
Arizona
Data Source
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
Topic
Volunteers
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory--Field stations
Observatories
Record ID
siris_sic_10134