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Photos displaying on either side of this one in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog may yield clues—view the neighboring photos: www.loc.gov/pictures/related/?&pk=hec2013007620&s...

Harris & Ewing,, photographer.

[April 23, 1934]

1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller

Notes: Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.

Subjects: United States.

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Harris & Ewing Collection (Library of Congress)

General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hec.37584

Call Number: LC-H2- B-6110
Date Taken on April 23, 1934
Source What's this gadget? (LOC)
Author The Library of Congress
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Another Cosmic Ray Meter, So What? This is just another of several Cosmic Ray Meters, which is designed for making continuous records of cosmic ray intensity at widely separate stations. This machine was designed by Prof. A.H. Compton of the University of Chicago and is on exhibition at the National Academy of Sciences and is made for the Carnegie Institute of Washington. In the photo Prof. E.O. Wollan of the University of Chicago is demonstrating the machine to Miss Alice Anderson. April 23, 1934"

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