Easter at St. Vincent's

Description: Edison Pettit was an astronomer on the staff of the Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories for thirty-five years. An observer and instrumentalist, he was a pioneer in the early fields of infrared and ultraviolet research. His collaboration with Seth B. Nicholson on the heat radiation from the planets and moon was the most significant research on these bodies during the first half of the twentieth century. Footage taken by Edison Pettit, consisting of views of Mount Wilson Observatory, Aitkin leaving San Francisco, Oakland Bay Bridge, Alcatraz, redwoods, Crater Lake and trip to visit family in Peru, Nebraska.