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Charles G. Abbot's Solar Panels
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Ruel P. (Ruel Pardee) Tolman b. 1878
Title
Charles G. Abbot's Solar Panels
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English: Smithsonian Institution employees are working in the South Yard on the installation of the solar powered boiler developed by fifth Smithsonian Secretary and astrophysicist Charles Greeley Abbot (1928-19244). The group is preparing for a news broadcast by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Date c. September 30, 1936
Medium Black and White Photographic print
Dimensions 2w x 2h
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Local Number: SIA2011-0168 and 32603-10
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See Neg. #s SIA2011-0166 through SIA2011-0173 and 4694C for other views of the Solar Boiler preparation. This image was taken by Ruel P. Tolman, former Director of Smithsonian National Collection of Fine Arts, and is included in a scrapbook of photographs of Smithsonian staff, grounds and buildings, exhibitions, and Washington, D.C. scenes. (Section A)

Contained in: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7433, Box 3, Folder: Scrapbook II, 1934-1942, A-N

Topics: Astrophysics, Astrophysicists, Event, Inventions, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Secretaries, Secretariats, Special events, Smithsonian Institution--Employees, Solar Boiler, Solar energy

Subjects: Abbot, C. G (Charles Greeley) b. 1872, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), South Yard, Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Category: Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Source http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_6837

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