# Portrait at Mt Wilson, 1931

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portrait-at-mt-wilson-1931/731436>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 16, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portrait-at-mt-wilson-1931/731436 "2015-09-16T03:16:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lubricious\_Integument](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@Lubricious\_Integument](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lubricious_Integument)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portrait-at-mt-wilson-1931/731436/1 "2015-09-16T03:16:27Z")

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Two of my heroes - Humason and Einstein - are [posing with others](http://www.usna.edu/Library/sca/ve-collections/michelson/images/18_M_library.jpg) in the library at Mt Wilson. Who is the dude in the portrait?

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**Author:** ![ctrod22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@ctrod22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctrod22)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portrait-at-mt-wilson-1931/731436/2 "2015-09-16T04:30:59Z")

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it is a portrait of George Ellery Hale.

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**Author:** ![Lubricious\_Integument](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@Lubricious\_Integument](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lubricious_Integument)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portrait-at-mt-wilson-1931/731436/3 "2015-09-16T22:50:44Z")

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Makes sense. I just now realize I never knew what he looked like. Thanks.