C. A. Robert Lundin
name: label: maker
content: Bachrach
notes: label: Description
content: C. A. Robert Lundin (1880-1962) spent his early working life with Alvan Clark & Sons, the famous telescope firm in Cambridgeport, Mass., where his father, Carl Axel Robert Lundin, had been employed since 1874. The younger Lundin took charge of the Clark optical department in 1915, established his own telescope firm in 1929, and became head of Warner & Swasey’s new optical shop in 1933. Honors included Fellowships in the Royal Astronomical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
label: Description
content: This handsome studio photograph shows Lundin as prosperous and middle-aged, more ready to close a deal than polish a lens. The “BACHRACH” mark refers to the firm that was established in Baltimore in 1868 and that remains in business to this day.
label: Description
content: Ref: John W. Briggs and Donald E. Osterbrock, “The Challenges and Frustrations of a Veteran Astronomical Optician: Robert Lundin, 1880-1962,” <i>Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage</i> 1 (1998): 93-103.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
topic: label: Subject
content: Astronomy
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Prints from the Physical Sciences Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Swarthmore College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0667.02
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0667.02
label: accession number
content: 1986.0667
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 7 in; 22.86 cm x 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 9 1/16 in; 30.48 cm x 23.01875 cm