George Henry Lemaitre, Karl Taylor Compton, Charles Greeley Abbot and William Wallace Campbell, circa 1933

Object summary

Title: George Henry Lemaitre, Karl Taylor Compton, Charles Greeley Abbot and William Wallace Campbell, circa 1933
Object ID: GCP-00000311
Date made: circa 1933
Place made: United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge, MIT
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

Karl Taylor Compton stands with George Henry Lemaitre, left, Charles Greeley Abbot and William Wallace Campbell. Stamps on verso read "Published, Nov 20 1933, Boston Traveler" and "Published, Mar 15 1934, Boston Herald".

Original Caption: "Prominent in the gathering of scientists at Technology today. Left to right, Abbe George LeMaitre, President Karl T. Compton of Tech, C. G. Abbot of the Smithsonian Institution, and William Wallace Campbell, president of the National Academy of Sciences."