Manuscripts

Edwin Powell Hubble and three (3) men sitting on a ladder aboard a trans-Atlantic ship

Description: Edwin Powell Hubble sitting on the bottom rung of a ladder, with three (3) men sitting behind and above him. The men's last names are: Harrison, Figg-Hoblyn and Farley. They are on a boat, in transit to Oxford, England. Note in the hand of Edwin Powell Hubble: "Top: Farley of Mississippi, Figg-Hoblyn of Leland Stanford, Not a Rhodes Man, Harrison of Washington,....of Illinois. Taber of R.I. took the picture." Hubble is in front, wearing a dark overcoat.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: circa 1910
Call number: mssHUB 1039 (3)
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Edwin Powell Hubble and three men sitting on a ladder on a passenger ship, in transit to Oxford, England

Manuscripts

Edwin Powell Hubble sitting on the bottom rung of a ladder, with three men sitting behind and above him. The men's last names are: Harrison, Figg-Hoblyn and Farley. They are on a passenger ship, in transit to Oxford, England, 1910. Hubble is in front, in a dark overcoat. The three other men are also in overcoats.

mssHUB 1039 (4)

Edwin Powell Hubble and Grace Burke Hubble sitting at a table outdoors on a camping trip

Manuscripts

William Parmer Fuller, Adaline (Wright) Fuller, Edwin Powell Hubble, Grace (Burke) Hubble, and other unidentified companions, sitting at a table, on camping trip in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Note in the hand of Edwin Powell Hubble: "Breakfast at lower Big Five". Note in the hand of Grace (Burke) Hubble: "EPH, Mrs. Fuller, Mr. Fuller, G.H.". The group is sitting in folding chairs around a table by a lake.

mssHUB 1062

Grace Burke Hubble and Edwin Powell Hubble outside their rental house in Spesutie Island, Aberdeen, Maryland

Manuscripts

Grace Burke Hubble and Edwin Powell Hubble in front of their rental house, "Haunted House," on Spesutie Island. Note in the hand of Edwin Powell Hubble on verso: "Grace & Edwin, Haunted House, Spesutie Island, Aberdeen Md. 1945." Grace Hubble is wearing an overcoat, and Edwin Hubble is wearing a single-breasted suit.

mssHUB 1048 (8)

Grace Burke Hubble and Edwin Powell Hubble sitting in a patio outside a stone house in Shonto, Arizona, 1937

Manuscripts

Grace Burke Hubble and Edwin Powell Hubble and others sitting in a patio outside a stone house. Note in the hand of Edwin Powell Hubble on verso: "Shonto, Ariz, 1937" Note in the hand of Grace Burke Hubble: "Journal". Shonto, Arizona is located in Navajo County.

mssHUB 1048 (7)

Edwin Powell Hubble and four unidentified men at the Carnegie Institution

Manuscripts

Edwin Powell Hubble and four unidentified men sitting behind a microphone. Note in the hand of Grace (Burke) Hubble: "Exhibit--Carnegie Inst. " Hubble is second from the right, and is wearing plaid socks.

mssHUB 1082 (8)

Edwin Powell Hubble, sitting by a telescope in Point Loma, California

Manuscripts

Edwin Powell Hubble sitting on a portion of a wooden box by a telescope. An unidentified man stands behind him. Photograph is glued to a post card from Charles E. St. John. Note in the hand of Grace (Burke) Hubble: "Exclipse [sic] Exp. Point Loma, Aug 1923."

mssHUB 1042 (2)

Edwin Powell Hubble and three (3) men sitting on a ladder aboard a trans-Atlantic ship

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