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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.

SOURCE:  https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth28039/