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A finding aid to the Albert Einstein portrait collection
Summary
- Collection ID:
- SIL-DL.MSS001766A
- Dates:
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1920-195-
- Languages:
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German.
- Physical Description:
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6 Items26 x 34 cm. or smaller.
- Repository:
More Information
General note
General note
Includes individual and group portraits featuring Einstein, in b&w photographic prints or various artistic media.
General note
Additional materials may be added to the collection when acquired.
General note
Other physicists identified in the group portraits include Niels Bohr, James Franck, I.I. Rabi, Robert A. Millikan, and A.A. Michelson.
General note
Some of the portraits have printed or handwritten captions, chiefly in German; some are autographed by the subjects.
General note
Provenance of some items: Bern Dibner / Burndy Library.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Physicists -- Portraits. | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Burndy Library | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 -- Portraits | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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