Title:Professor. Albert A. Michelson leaning forward, painting a picture, sitting in profile in a room, dark exposureDescription:Full-length portrait of physicist Albert A. Michelson, professor at the University of Chicago and recipient of the 1907 Nobel Prize for Physics, leaning forward and painting a picture in a picture frame, sitting in profile in a room in Chicago, Illinois, dark exposure. Michelson is holding a paintbrush and a case of paint, and a large piece of poster board is sitting on his lap. Paintings are displayed on a table and wall on the right side of the image. Michelson established the speed of light as a fundamental constant and pursued other spectroscopic and meteorological investigations.Date Depicted:1928Creator:Chicago Daily News, Inc.Creator Role:photographerPhysical Format:glass negativesExtent:4 x 5 in.Copyright Notice:No Known CopyrightCredit Line:DN-0084548, Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection, Chicago Historical SocietyAccession Number:1960.784Acquisition Source:Gift of Field Enterprises, Inc.Collection Type:Prints & Photographs - Chicago Daily NewsStorage Location:Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History MuseumCatalog Record ID:130721Max Pixels - Width:500Max Pixels - Height:407Help improve this content
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