Eclipse of August 7, 1869, No. 1

Date1869

MediumAlbumen stereograph

DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 2 15/16 × 5 7/8 inches (7.46 × 14.92 cm)
Mount: 3 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (8.26 × 17.15 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.3744

SignedOn mount verso, right edge, white label, in black type: "VIEWS OF THE GREAT SOLAR ECLIPSE, / August 7th, 1869. / From Negatives made by the Philadelphia Photographic Eclipse / Expedition, managed by prof. HENRY MORTON, PH.D., and / under the idrection of Prof. J.H.C. COFFIN, U.S.N., / of the Nautical Almanac Office, Washington, D.C."

InscribedOn mount recto right edge, in black pen: "Lay No. 1. / Over,"; On mount verso, center, in black pen: "This side up. / This view was taken prior to the "totality" / of the eclipse. In this view several of the / "sun-spots" are visible; the principal or larger one / is seen at the left upper edge, two others (one large) / are seen near the right-lower point or edge. / The lines seen crossing each other at right angles in this / view do not belong to the sun but are the "Spider-lines" / made for the purpose of determining the angles of position, / one being parallel to the earth's equator the other / perpendicular to it. - See other views."

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DescriptionImage(s) of the moon casting a partial shadow over the earth; a white circle with a black circular segment overlapping along the right edge. Thin intersecting lines divide the circular image into fourths.

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