Solar Eclipse Expedition, May 28, 1900 – Goodsell Observatory

Carleton’s 8″ Alvan Clark & Sons telescope quite literally took a field trip
Members of the Carleton party take a break for lunch.
A group of bank-robbing bandits? Nope, they’re astronomers out for the eclipse.
Image of the solar corona captured from the original glass plates.
Image of the solar corona captured from the original glass plates.
Image of the solar corona captured from the original glass plates.
Image of the solar corona captured from the original glass plates.
An image taken with the 2.5″ finder telescope. The small white dot on the far right is Mercury.