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"C" and Jack, Paris

Description:: A photograph of Professor Smiley and his traveling companion, Jack Reed, taken in Paris, France.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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3 girls in shopping alley, Tokyo, Japan

Description:: A photograph of three women in traditional dress, walking down a street in Tokyo, Japan.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Aberdeen Harbor, Hong Kong

Description:: A postcard of Aberdeen Harbor, famous for having a large number of people who live with their families on boats throughout the year.
Year:: 1955
Genre:: picture postcards
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Aberdeen Harbor, Hong Kong

Description:: A postcard of Aberdeen Harbor in Hong Kong.
Year:: 1955
Genre:: picture postcards
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Acropolis, side propylaeum, Baalbek, Lebanon

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Description:: A photograph of the ruins of the Acropolis at Baalbek, Lebanon.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Actress Molly Oong

Description:: A photograph of Chinese actress Molly Oong modeling a coat.
Year:: 1955
Genre:: photographs
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Ad. Chulaton, Amporn, Pandit

Description:: A photograph of Admiral Chulaton, Lieutenant Pandit Suvongse, and another member of the Royal Thai Navy.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Aerial sketch of Chichen Itza

Description:: A hand-drawn map of the Mayan city of Chichen Itza.
Year:: 1960
Genre:: maps (documents)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Aerial sketch of Uxmal

Description:: A hand-drawn map of the Mayan city of Uxmal.
Year:: 1960
Genre:: maps (documents)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Aerial view of Teotihuacan

Description:: An aerial photograph of Teotihuacan from the early 1960s, before the Avenue of the Dead and a number of other temples had been excavated.
Year:: 1965
Genre:: picture postcards
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Alfriston views

Description:: View of Alfriston shop front and post office.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Alfriston, square with cross

Description:: View of Alfriston and town square with cross.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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All the way around the world

Description:: A scrapbook detailing astronomer Charles Smiley's trip around the world in 1955.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (creator)
Genre:: scrapbooks
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Ancient Mayan glyphs, three columns - drawing

Description:: A set of plates containing Mayan symbols.
Genre:: plates (illustrations)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Another view of the temple in the forest

Description:: Sunlight peaks through the forest surrounding an old temple at the Palenque site.
Year:: 1965
Genre:: photographs
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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The antiquity and precision of Mayan astronomy

Description:: A paper by Professor Smiley discussing the history of Mayan astronomical knowledge.
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (creator)
Genre:: professional papers
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Approaching distant 7 dolls temple: Dzibilchaltun Yuc.

Description:: A photograph of the Temple of the Seven Dolls in Dzibilchaltun, Yucatan, Mexico.
Year:: 1965
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Apt. houses in the city, Beirut, Lebanon

Description:: A photograph of an apartment complex in Beirut, Lebanon.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Apt. with Yellow Awnings: Seine R., Paris

Description:: A photograph of an apartment complex on the Seine River, Paris, France.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Arc de Triomphe de Etoile, Paris, France

Description:: A photograph of the Arc de Triomphe in Place de l'Etoile, Paris, France. The arch was commissoned by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1806, but not completed …
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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The Arch (Puúc Safari), Labna

Description:: The Gateway at Labna (Labna Vault) after surrounding trees have been cleared away from it.
Year:: 1960
Genre:: picture postcards
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Arch - from east: Labna

Description:: A photograph on an arch at the Mayan ruins in Labna, Yucatan, Mexico.
Year:: 1959
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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The Arch at Kabah

Description:: The Arch of Kabah is found at the southern end of the road joining the Mayan city to Uxmal.
Year:: 1960
Genre:: photographs
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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The Arch at Labna

Year:: 1960
Genre:: photographs
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Arch of Septumus Severus, Roman forum, Rome

Description:: A photograph of the Arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman Forum, Rome, Italy. The arch was constructed in 204 CE to commemorate the victories …
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Arco de la Hacienda

Description:: A postcard of the Arch of the Hacienda in Chichen Itza.
Year:: 1959
Genre:: picture postcards
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Art admirer

Description:: Don Reed observes a Toltec statue at Tula.
Year:: 1963
Genre:: photographs
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Artist

Description:: View of artist painting at easel.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Ascending a pyramid

Description:: Walking up the 222 steps at the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan.
Year:: 1963
Genre:: photographs
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Astronomer Danjon: Paris Obs., Paris, France

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Description:: A photograph of the French astronomer Andre Danjon (b. 1890-d. 1967). Danjon is best known for devising a method to measure the amount of sunlight …
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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The Astronomy of the Mayas by Clifford N. Anderson

Description:: A newspaper article on the Mayan calendar system.
Year:: 1960
Contributor:: Anderson, Clifford N., b. 1895 (creator)
Genre:: articles
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Atlantes

Description:: A photograph Don Reed standing beside Atlantes at the Temple of Quetzalcoatl.
Year:: 1963
Genre:: photographs
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Atlantes

Description:: A photograph of Connie Reed standing beside Atlantes at the Temple of Quetzalcoatl.
Year:: 1963
Genre:: photographs
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Atrium entrance

Description:: The entrance to the atrium of the Dominican Conventent at Tepoztlán.
Year:: 1965
Genre:: photographs
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Auto etc from Grand Palace: Sayil

Description:: A photograph of the view from the Palace at Sayil, Yucatan, Mexico.
Year:: 1959
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Avenida Argentina

Year:: 1963
Genre:: photographs
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Aztec Day signs and names, Aztec numbering system

Description:: A chart displaying Aztec symbols for everyday objects and numbers.
Year:: 1960
Genre:: charts (graphic documents)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Aztec sun stone

Description:: Pictured is the Aztec sun stone. Built by the Mexica indians and often thought of as a calendar, the artifact depicts the four great catastrophes …
Year:: 1965
Genre:: photographs
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Back to Bangkok

Description:: An article from Brown Alumni Monthly about Professor Smiley's 1955 journey to Thailand.
Year:: 1955
Genre:: articles
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Bajos relieves

Description:: An example of the bas reliefs found on the ruins of Palenque.
Year:: 1965
Genre:: picture postcards
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Ball Court from south: Chichen-Itza Yucatan

Description:: A photograph of the Ball Court at Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico.
Year:: 1959
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Bang Pa In, Thailand: air view

Description:: An aerial view of the Bang Pa-In, or Summer Palace, complex on the Chao Phraya River, north of Bangkok, Thailand.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Bangkok trip map

Description:: Map of Brown University Solar Eclipse Expedition, June 20, 1955.
Year:: 1956
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Bangkok trip map

Description:: Map of Brown University Solar Eclipse Expedition, June 20, 1955.
Year:: 1956
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Barometric pressure chart: September 19-25, 1938

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Description:: Barometric pressure chart for Monday, Sept. 19, 1938 through Sunday, Sept. 25, 1938. Shows the dip in the barometric pressure to 29.15 on Wednesday, Sept. …
Year:: 1938
Contributor:: Ladd Observatory (creator)
Genre:: charts (graphic documents)
Subject:: New England Hurricane, 1938; Atmospheric pressure > Charts, diagrams, etc.
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Barometric pressure chart: September 11-17, 1944

Description:: Barometric pressure chart for Monday, Sept. 11, 1944 through Sunday, Sept. 17, 1944. Shows the dip in the barometric pressure to 28.75 on Thursday, Sept. …
Year:: 1944
Contributor:: Ladd Observatory (creator)
Genre:: charts (graphic documents)
Subject:: New England Hurricane, 1944; Atmospheric pressure > Charts, diagrams, etc.
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Barometric pressure chart, Hurricane Carol: August 30-September 6, 1954

Description:: Barometric pressure chart for Monday, Aug. 30, 1954 through Sunday, Sept. 6, 1954. Shows the dip in the barometric pressure to 28.9 on Monday, Aug. …
Year:: 1954
Contributor:: Ladd Observatory (creator)
Genre:: charts (graphic documents)
Subject:: Hurricane Carol, 1954; Atmospheric pressure > Charts, diagrams, etc.
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Barometric pressure chart, Hurricane Edna: September 6-13, 1954

Description:: Barometric pressure chart for Monday, Sept. 6, 1954 through Sunday, Sept. 13, 1954. Shows the dip in the barometric pressure to 28.95 on Saturday, Sept. …
Year:: 1954
Contributor:: Ladd Observatory (creator)
Genre:: charts (graphic documents)
Subject:: Hurricane Edna, 1954; Atmospheric pressure > Charts, diagrams, etc.
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Base of stairway with stone animal head

Description:: A photograph of one of the images of Kukulkan (the serpent) at the base of a set of stairs on El Castillo.
Year:: 1960
Genre:: photographs
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Bateaux mouches

Description:: View from a bateau-mouche on the Seine.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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BEA turbo-prop: plane for Rome-Athens

Description:: A photograph of a British European Airways propeller-plane serving the Rome to Athens route.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiely, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Beaux Arts

Description:: View of Ecole des Beaux Arts buildings.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Beaux Arts

Description:: View of the Ecole des Beaux Arts buildings.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Beaux-arts courtyard, Paris

Description:: A photograph of a courtyard outside the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Bermuda, Bahamas, Fort Lauderdale

Description:: A scrapbook documenting astronomer Charles H. Smiley's travels through Bermuda, the Bahamas, and Fort Lauderdale during 1967.
Year:: 1967
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (creator)
Genre:: scrapbooks
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Bexhill Pavilion

Description:: View of Bexhill Pavilion.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Bexhill Pavilion

Description:: Bexhill Pavilion, England.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Bexhill, old town, salt boys

Description:: View of Bexhill, old town and salt boys house.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Bishops Palace: Merida Yucatan

Description:: A photograph of the former Bishop's Palace in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. The building is currently home to a museum of contemporary art.
Year:: 1959
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Boat and natives, Honburi, Thailand

Description:: A photograph of a sampan on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand, facing the Thonburi District.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Boat on river, Bang Pa In, Thailand

Description:: A photograph of a sampan in the Chao Phraya River near Bang Pa-In, Thailand.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Bob Brown and Connie

Description:: Bob Brown and Connie Reed stand in front of the ruins of a Toltec column.
Year:: 1963
Genre:: photographs
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Boys at Volleyball: road to Mayapan

Description:: A photograph of several boys playing volleyball.
Year:: 1965
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Bracero de Tapijulapa, Tabasco, Viejo Imperio Maya

Description:: A replica of a Mayan statue made by a craftsman in Tapijulapa, Tabasco.
Year:: 1959
Genre:: picture postcards
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Brown's Professor Smiley just wasn't anywhere

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Description:: A newspaper article about Professor Smiley's eclipse expedition to Bangkok.
Year:: 1955
Genre:: articles
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Buckingham Palace

Description:: View of Buckingham Palace with guard.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Buckingham Palace, London, Eng.

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Description:: A photograph of Buckingham Palace, the residence of the British monarch, in London, England. The palace, built in the early 19th century, has been the …
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Buildings across street from Hotel Suriyanond, Bangkok

Description:: A photograph of the buildings across from the street from the Hotel Suriyanond in Bangkok, Thailand.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 57, Plates 21, 22

Description:: A set of plates displaying various Mayan symbols.
Genre:: plates (illustrations)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 57, Plates, 6, 18, 7

Description:: A set of plates displaying various Mayan glyphs.
Genre:: plates (illustrations)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Cactus

Description:: A cactus grows while Pacaya lies in the distance.
Year:: 1965
Genre:: picture postcards
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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The Calendar Stone of Mexico, National Museum in Mexico City

Description:: A drawing that reproduces the Calendar Stone of Mexico used by the Aztecs and Maya.
Contributor:: Appleton, Leroy H. (creator)
Genre:: drawings (visual works)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Calixtlahuaca

Description:: A large structure from the Calixtlahuaca archeological site. The area was first excavated in the 1930s by Jose Garcia Payon.
Year:: 1965
Genre:: photographs
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Calixtlahuaca from a distance

Description:: This temple at Calixtlahuaca was built to honor Ehecatl, the Aztec god of wind.
Year:: 1965
Genre:: photographs
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Calixtlahuaca from the bushes

Description:: A front view of the temple of Ehecatl, the god of wind.
Year:: 1963
Genre:: photographs
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Calixtlahuaca ruins

Description:: A photograph of some ruins of the public architecture at Calixtlahuaca.
Year:: 1963
Genre:: photographs
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Camel and driver, Karachi, Pakistan

Description:: A photograph of a camel and its driver. Taken in Karachi, Pakistan.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Canterbury Cathedral

Description:: West front of Canterbury Cathedral.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles Hugh (Charles H.), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Caracol from S.W.: Chichen Itza

Description:: A photograph of the Caracol at Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. It was likely used as an observatory.
Year:: 1959
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Caroline Herschel, Obs. cottage, Slough, Eng.

Description:: A photograph of the cottage in which the famous astronomer Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) lived after her brother, William Herschel, married in 1788. The Herschels were …
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Carved figure on ramp: Palace steps Palenque

Description:: A photograph of some Mayan glyphs on a ramp in the Palace complex at Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico.
Year:: 1965
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Carved panel Temple of Sun Palenque: inside shrine

Description:: A photograph of a carved panel inside the Temple of the Sun at the Mayan ruins in Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico.
Year:: 1965
Contributor:: Smiley, Charle H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Casa Colorado, Red House of the High Priests

Description:: A view from the side of the Red House, one of several buildings that comprise Las Monjas, the ancient Mayan governmental complex.
Year:: 1960
Genre:: photographs
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Castillo del Adivino

Description:: A distant view of the Pyramid of the Magician at Uxmal.
Year:: 1960
Genre:: photographs
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Castillo del Adivino, reuinas de Uxmal

Description:: A front-facing view of the Pyramid of the Magician at the Uxmal ruins.
Year:: 1960
Genre:: picture postcards
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Castillo y Templo de Los Guerreros

Description:: A postcard of El Castillo and the Temple of the Warriors at Chichen Itza.
Year:: 1959
Genre:: picture postcards
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Castillo y Templo de los Guerreros, aerial view

Description:: An aerial photograph of the Castle and the Temple of the Warriors in Chichen Itza.
Year:: 1959
Genre:: picture postcards; aerial photographs
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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El Castillo, Chichen Itza with statue of resting figure

Description:: A photograph of the Castle of the Warriors behind a Mayan statue in Chichen Itza.
Year:: 1959
Genre:: picture postcards
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Cemetery at Uxmal

Description:: A set of engravings from a wall of the cemetery at Uxmal.
Year:: 1959
Genre:: photographs
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Cemetery Group, Uxmal

Description:: A photograph of the Cemetery Group in Uxmal, located northeast of the Governor's Palace.
Year:: 1960
Genre:: photographs
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Cenote sagrado (sacred)

Description:: A color photograph of Cenote sagrado in Chichen Itza.
Year:: 1959
Genre:: picture postcards
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Ceramic piece at Chmere Temple, Bang Pa-In

Description:: A photograph of ceramic flowers at the ruins of a Khmer temple on the grounds of Bang Pa-In, Thailand.
Year:: 1955
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Ceylon bars eclipse TV

Description:: A newspaper article about the Ceylon government's ban on US filming of the June 20 solar eclipse from an airplane.
Year:: 1955
Genre:: articles
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Ceylon bars TV for eclipse

Description:: A newspaper article about the government of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)'s refusal to allow American television networks to film a total solar eclipse from an …
Year:: 1955
Genre:: articles
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Chac Masks: Codz-Pop

Description:: A photograph of the Chac masks on the side of the Codz-pop (a Mayan name meaning 'rolled-up mat') building at Kabah, Yucatan, Mexico.
Year:: 1959
Contributor:: Smiley, Charles H. (Charles Hugh), 1903-1977 (photographer)
Genre:: slides (photographs)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory

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Chac, the rain god

Description:: An information card featuring the Mayan rain god Chac and advertising the Yucatan as a tourist attraction.
Year:: 1960
Genre:: advertisements
Collection:: Brown University Library; Physics; Archives of the Ladd Observatory