George L. Hosmer photographs of Eclipse Expedition to Sumatra
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 92-48
name: label: Creator
content: Hosmer, George L. (George Leonard), 1874-1935
label: Names
content: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
place: label: Place
content: Sumatra (Indonesia)
label: Place
content: Sri Lanka
topic: label: Topic
content: Boats and boating
label: Topic
content: Animals
label: Topic
content: Roads
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
creator: label: Creator
content: Hosmer, George L. (George Leonard), 1874-1935
culture: label: Culture
content: Achinese (Indonesian people)
label: Culture
content: Batak (Indonesian people)
label: Culture
content: Sri Lankans
label: Culture
content: Minangkabau (Indonesian people)
label: Culture
content: Malays (Asian people)
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: George Leonard Hosmer (1874-1935) was a professor in the Civil Engineering Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).  He taught courses in Astronomy, Navigation, and Geodesy from the time of his graduation from MIT in 1897 until his death.  Taking part in MIT's expedition to Sumatra to see the eclipse on May 18, 1901, he made pendulum observations and wrote "Report on the Changes in Declination of the Magnetic Needle during the Eclipse" for the Technology Quarterly and Proceedings of the Society of Arts, Volume 15, 1902.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 134 Negatives (circa, glass)
label: Extent
content: 1 Print (silver gelatin)
label: Extent
content: 1 Print (platinum)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1901, 1915, 1930
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Hosmer's daughter, Elizabeth Hosmer Cutliff, 1991.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.92-48
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Negatives
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs made during the 1901 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Eclipse Expedition to Sumatra; some were possibly made in Ceylon (Sri Lanka).  They include images of people, houses and other buildings, animals, boats, roads, villages, agriculture (including terracing), rickshaws, and plants.  Also included are an image of animal hides drying on frames and two portraits of Hosmer, circa 1915 and 1930.