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Three Photographs (Wood-Framed Lantern Slide, Panorama Format): Photographs{??} of Solar Eclipse, c.1900

Inventory Number 22834


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.22834

Item type
Object
Provenance
From the Oxford University Observatory.
Object type
Photograph
Dimensions
Height: 112mm Width: 341mm Depth: 14mm Weight: 319g
Inventory No
22834

Description

Three standard glass slides set into a long wooden frame, separated by black tape. Wood frame has a wire handle at one end held in place by two metal nails. One side of the images has a handwritten label that states "Photographs of a solar eclipse", and another that states "x15". Two other labels have worn away. Three on the reverse side have also worn away. This side is also inscribed with handwritten pencil marks. Each of the images of the sun is marked with a cross to indicate how far the moon has passed in front of it.