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Carl Overhage: Scientists, Inventors, and Mathematicians ca. 1934-1958

 Unprocessed
Identifier: HP.2003.22-NMHM.

Content Description

Photographic prints of notable inventors, scientists, and businessmen ca. 1934-1958. There are portraits of Jimmy Doolitte, Dr. Wesley T. Hansen Jr. (retired vice president of the Eastman Kodak Company), and Dr. Edwin H. Land (scientist and inventor). Other figures include Theodore von Karman (Hungarian-American mathematician and aerospace engineer), James Brown Jr., Mervin J. Kelly, Robert Millikam, and other unidentified men.

Provenance

Estate of Carl Overhage

Restrictions Apply

No

Dates

  • Majority of material found within Some photographs have been dated with dates 1934 and 1958. It is inferred that the other photographs may have been taken during that date range. The print of Mervin J. Kelly has been dated ca. 1958.

Extent

8 Photographic Prints (Photographs depict notable men in the camera-photography, science, and mathematic industries. ) ; 8" x 10" 10 1/4" x 13 1/4" 11 1/4" x 13 1/2" 12 3/4" x 16" 13" x 16"

Inventory

189538-189543