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Total Solar Eclipse in Fort Worth (1878)

Photograph of seven astronomers -- Leonard Waldo, R.W. Wilson, J.K. Rees, W.H. Pulsifer, F.E. Seagrave, Alfred Freeman, and A.M. Britton -- with various telescopes set up out-of-doors near a large wooden barn or other structure. According to accompanying information they are on the S.W. Lomax farm, waiting to observe the total solar eclipse that happened on July 29, 1878.
Date: July 29, 1878
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denison Daily Herald. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 254, Ed. 1 Monday, July 29, 1878 (open access)

Denison Daily Herald. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 254, Ed. 1 Monday, July 29, 1878

Daily newspaper from Denison, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 29, 1878
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 822, Ed. 1 Monday, July 29, 1878 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 822, Ed. 1 Monday, July 29, 1878

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 29, 1878
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History