Manuscripts

Edwin Powell Hubble, kneeling and talking with a New York Times reporter

Description: Edwin Powell Hubble kneeling in his living room, talking with a reporter seated in a brocade upholstered chair. Edwin Powell Hubble has his pipe in his mouth, and is pointing to a notebook in his hand. Note in the hand of Grace (Burke) Hubble: "N.Y. Times-Wide World Photos EPH in our living-room, with reporter--just ready to go up Mt. Wilson."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: circa 1935 - 1945
Call number: mssHUB 1035 (8)
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Portrait of Edwin Powell Hubble, seated in a chair, holding a pipe

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Portrait of Edwin Powell Hubble seated in an upholstered chair, holding a smoking pipe in his left hand. Hubble has a pad of paper in his lap, and a pen in his right hand.

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Edwin Powell Hubble examining slides in the darkroom at Palomar Observatory

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Edwin Powell Hubble examining glass slides in the Palomar darkroom. Photograph by Life Magazine. Note in the hand of Grace (Burke) Hubble: "EPH in dark room at Palomar, winter of 1948. Huntington Library."

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Edwin Powell Hubble on the horse Buck at the Rio Blanco Ranch in Meeker, Colorado

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Edwin Powell Hubble on the horse "Buck" at the Rio Blanco Ranch, in Meeker, Colorado. Note in the hand of Edwin Powell Hubble: "Edwin on Buck, Rio Blanco Ranch, Colo. 1939". In the background is a wooden cabin, a wooden fence and hills. Hubble has a cigarette in his mouth.

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Portrait of Edwin Powell Hubble sitting below a portrait of Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington

Manuscripts

Edwin Powell Hubble sitting in Hubble's living room, below portrait of Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, by Augustus John. Note in the hand of Grace (Burke) Hubble: "Collier's Palomar issue."

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Edwin Powell Hubble and two unidentified men standing in Cave Canyon, Utah

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Edwin Powell Hubble with two unidentified men standing in Cave Canyon, Kanab, Utah. Note in the hand of Edwin Powell Hubble: "Cave Canyon out of Kanab, Utah. Basket Makers Site. 1937. Edwin with 2 local men." Hubble is standing in the center, and has a walking stick hanging from his jacket pocket.

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Edwin Powell Hubble seated in a woven rocking chair on a porch at Kapteyn Cottage, in front of a brick wall and clapboard wall

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Edwin Powell Hubble leaning back in a rocking chair, on porch at Kapteyn Cottage. Note in the hand of Edwin Powell Hubble: "Edwin-Kapteyn Cottage Mt. Wilson 1930 [ca.]" Hubble is wearing a suit, and is holding a pipe in his right hand.

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Edwin Powell Hubble, kneeling and talking with a New York Times reporter

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