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Solar Eclipse @ SLAM

Unknown photographer; Untitled (Eclipse); c.1930; gelatin silver print; sheet: 3 9/16 × 5 inches, image: 3 1/8 × 4 7/16 inches; Saint Louis Art Museum, Gift of John R. and Teenuh M. Foster. 319:2018

For a list of solar eclipses that transpired in the 1930s, see Solar and Lunar Eclipses Worldwide 1930–1939

Related Museum Objects

Joseph Cornell; How to Make an Eclipse; c.1972; collage; 8 7/16 × 11 7/16; Saint Louis Art Museum, Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation 195:1996

Honoré Daumier; The Day of the Eclipse; published April 25, 1846; lithograph; plate: 9 1/8 × 7 9/16 inches, sheet: 14 1/4 × 9 3/4 inches; Saint Louis Art Museum, Transferred from the Richardson Memorial Library, Saint Louis Art Museum 728:1915

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Recommended Books @ SLAM

The Sun: Source of Light in Art by Museum Barberini
Call Number: N8251.S6 S86 2023
ISBN: 9783791379654
Publication Date: 2023
Published in conjunction with the 150th anniversary of Monet’s 1872 painting Sunrise, this exhibition catalogue explores how artists have incorporated the sun as a reference point and as an inspiration. Includes a section on solar phenomena in photography and drawing.
The Astrolabes of the World by R. T. Gunther
Call Number: NK8459.A8 G86 1932
Publication Date: 1932
Catalogue of astrolabes held by the old Ashmolean Museum at Oxford University, written by a prominent historian of science. Astrolabes were the means by which ancient astronomers charted the stars, tracked constellations, and predicted eclipses.
Joseph Cornell and Astronomy by Kirsten Hoving
Call Number: N6537.C66 H68 2009
ISBN: 9780691134987
Publication Date: 2009
Explores artist Joseph Cornell's fascination with astronomy, including his relevant book collection, his constructions, and his collages. The author documents Cornell's cross-indexing of historic and modern physics, early cinema, and American popular culture.
Time & Space: Measuring Instruments from the 15th to the 19th Century by Samuel Guye and Henri Michel
Call Number: TS542 .G8913 1971
ISBN: 0269027319
Publication Date: 1971
Comprehensive and well-illustrated publication focused on instruments for measuring: clocks and watches, astrolabes, sundials, lunar dials, and terrestrial and celestial globes.

Recommended Books @ SLPL

Early Childhood Books
Solar eclipses and outer space are both fascinating topics that can inspire curiosity and wonder. They also teach us a lot about the nature of the universe and our place in it. Check out these great books to share with young ones!

Books selected by staff of the St. Louis Public Library
Children's Books
These books, ideal for young readers and classrooms, will help you make the most of an eclipse. The 2024 solar eclipse was an extra-special event because it took place on the last day of the Islamic month of Ramadan!

Books selected by staff of the St. Louis Public Library
Books for General Readers
These books are ideal for general readers who are interested in eclipses. The list includes both fiction and nonfiction.

Books selected by staff of the St. Louis Public Library

The American Eclipse (2017)

David Baron's award-winning book about the 1878 solar eclipse as observed by three pioneering scientists: planet hunter James Craig Watson, astronomer Maria Mitchell, and inventor Thomas Edison.

Listen to an author talk held at Denver's Tattered Cover Bookstore on August 21, 2017: https://archive.org/details/CSPAN2_20170822_003100_American_Eclipse