[The Double Telescope to be used by the Hamburg Expedition during the Eclipse of the Sun on August 30th (Harvard Observatory)]

[The Double Telescope to be used by the Hamburg Expedition during the Eclipse of the Sun on August 30th (Harvard Observatory)]

Digitized film strip
Negative

William M. Van der Weyde

Maker
American, 1870–1929

[The Double Telescope to be used by the Hamburg Expedition during the Eclipse of the Sun on August 30th (Harvard Observatory)]

1905
Gelatin silver negative
8.5x6.5 in.
Gift of New York Public Library
1974.0056.0859
Inscriptions (typed on attached paper mat) "The Double Telescope to be used by the Hamburg Expedition during the Eclipse of the Sun on August 30th. Pictures 21 inches square will be taken of the darkened sky, and there is great excitement as to whether the supposed planet Vulcan will be detected during the eclipse" (in pencil) "1905"

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