Solar eclipse, 1869

Solar eclipse, 1869

View of the solar eclipse on August 7, 1869. Natural Science Professor Charles F. Himes (Class of 1855) is part of a team of photographers sent to Ottumwa, Iowa to document the eclipse.

Photographer: 
Charles Francis Himes
Origin: 
Gift of Mary Himes Vale and Sarah Vale Rush
Location: 
PC 2000.1, folder 434n
Format: 
Glass Plate Negative
Decade: 
1860-1869
Things: 
Solar Eclipse
Collection: 
PC 2000.1 - Himes