Reading Nature, Observing Science: Examining Material Practices in the Lick Observatory Archives and Kenneth S. Norris PapersMain MenuIntroduction to the Lick Observatory ArchivesThe Lick Observatory: Imaging the CosmosThe Lick Observatory: Eclipse ExpeditionsEclipse Intro page (first in a path)Introduction to Kenneth S. Norris PapersKenneth S. Norris Papers: Natural History in PracticeKenneth S. Norris Papers: Pedagogy and ConservationConnections: In Relation to NatureThese images demonstrate the different constructions of nature in the two archivesConnections: Materials of ObservationVisualization of the ConnectionsVisualizes the connections between all the contentReading Nature, Observing ScienceCaptions and information for the cases of objects on display at UCSC Special CollectionsAlex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ceDanielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08e
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12016-06-03T16:27:07-07:00The Importance of framing6plain2016-06-03T16:37:33-07:00These four images of the Schaeberle camera point to the importance that framing can play in a photograph and the story that it tells.
In the first image, the camera, constructed with what looks like banana leaves, stands alone. In the second image, we can see boats on the nile and we can see three Egyptian men standing next to the remaining equipment. The second image situates us on the banks of Elephantine Island but also makes visible the local laborers on whom this scientific operation depended.
Similarly, the two images of the camera constructed at Padang tell slightly different stories. In the first, the camera tower of bamboo and palm thatch is shown among a collection of shelters made with the same materials as the camera tower. A simple fence separates the scientific site from a backdrop of trees. In the second image, the camera tower is embedded among what look like brick houses with tiled roofs. The fenced enclosure circles both the scientific shelters and the other buildings. This image, rather than suggesting a remote location, suggests that the activity was conducted within and reliant upon the colonial structures. This second impression is supported by a report published in 1901 by Charles Perrine, one of the Lick astronomers. He thanks the Dutch Governor of Padang for his assistance and for providing "a body of twenty special policemen" to form a barrier around the camp on the night of the eclipse.