Object Details
- Bachrach
- Description
- C. A. Robert Lundin (1880-1962) spent his early working life with Alvan Clark & Sons, the famous telescope firm in Cambridgeport, Mass., where his father, Carl Axel Robert Lundin, had been employed since 1874. The younger Lundin took charge of the Clark optical department in 1915, established his own telescope firm in 1929, and became head of Warner & Swasey’s new optical shop in 1933. Honors included Fellowships in the Royal Astronomical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
- This handsome studio photograph shows Lundin as prosperous and middle-aged, more ready to close a deal than polish a lens. The “BACHRACH” mark refers to the firm that was established in Baltimore in 1868 and that remains in business to this day.
- Ref: John W. Briggs and Donald E. Osterbrock, “The Challenges and Frustrations of a Veteran Astronomical Optician: Robert Lundin, 1880-1962,” Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 1 (1998): 93-103.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Swarthmore College
- ID Number
- 1986.0667.02
- catalog number
- 1986.0667.02
- accession number
- 1986.0667
- Object Name
- photograph
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 in x 7 in; 22.86 cm x 17.78 cm
- overall: 12 in x 9 1/16 in; 30.48 cm x 23.01875 cm
- place made
- United States: Maryland, Baltimore
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Science & Mathematics
- Prints from the Physical Sciences Collection
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Astronomy
- Record ID
- nmah_1452006
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-f18d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
