Photographing the solar eclipse, c.1869

Photographing the solar eclipse, c.1869

Though unlabeled, this photo may be a scene from August 7, 1869 when Natural Science Professor Charles F. Himes (Class of 1855; standing behind the gentleman wearing a hat and operating the larger camera) was with a team of photographers in Ottumwa, Iowa to capture the solar eclipse.

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Gift of Mary Himes Vale and Sarah Vale Rush
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PC 2000.1, folder 274
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