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Meinerth, Carl
American (b. Germany, 1825-1892)

TITLE ON OBJECT: The Moon, from nature

ca. 1870
stereograph, albumen print
7.8 x 15.1 cm image on 8.7 x 17.6 cm mount
Museum collection
81:7857:0001

INSCRIPTION: recto -- (embossed) "Meinerth,". recto -- (handwritten in pencil) "The Moon (from nature) by telescope at Cambridge". verso -- (handwritten in ink) "Taken by telescope in Cambridge, Mass." verso -- (drawn in pencil and ink) map of the moon. verso -- (handwritten in pencil) illegible inscription -- too light to read.

FRAME: yellow mount with round corners

NOTES: Cataloged 3/86, GD.

SUBJECT: landscape, planetary / Moon

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