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Edward Pickering With Harvard #1 Canvas Print
by Science Source
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Edward Pickering With Harvard #1 canvas print by Science Source. Bring your artwork to life with the texture and depth of a stretched canvas print. Your image gets printed onto one of our premium canvases and then stretched on a wooden frame of 1.5" x 1.5" stretcher bars (gallery wrap) or 5/8" x 5/8" stretcher bars (museum wrap). Your canvas print will be delivered to you "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
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Edward Pickering with Harvard computers in one of the computing rooms at the Harvard Observatory, 1891. From left to right possibly Mabel Stevens,... more
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Edward Pickering with Harvard computers in one of the computing rooms at the Harvard Observatory, 1891. From left to right possibly Mabel Stevens, unknown, Antonia Maury, possibly Evelyn Leland (seated), Williamina Fleming (standing), unknown, unknown, probably Florence Cushman. Edward Pickering (director of the Harvard Observatory from 1877 to 1919) decided to hire women as skilled workers to process astronomical data. This staff came to be known as Pickering's Harem. The first woman hired was Williamina Fleming, who was working as a maid for Pickering. It seems that Pickering was increasingly frustrated with his male assistants and declared that even his maid could do a better job. Apparently he was not mistaken, as Fleming undertook her assigned chores efficiently. When the Harvard Observatory received in 1886 a generous donation from the widow of Henry Draper, Pickering decided to hire more female staff and put Fleming in charge of them. They usually earned between 25 and 50 cents...
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