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-00000597
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

Charles Greeley Abbot, second from right, stands with George Henry Lemaitre, left, Karl Taylor Compton and William Wallace Campbell.

Stamps on verso read "M.I.T. Historical Collections, Boston Traveler Photo, Published November 20, 1933, Received Oct 8 1974", "M.I.T. Historical Collections, Boston Herald Photo, Published March 15 1934, Received Oct 8, 1974".

Original Caption: "Prominent in the gathering of scientists at Technology today. Left to right, Abbe Georges 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."