Happy Holidays from the Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
Photos of the Month — December 2014
The holiday season is setting in. When they were not at work, scientists from the past enjoyed the time of year that embraces family gatherings, food, and outdoor sports like skiing and skating. Our historical photo collection documents these important occasions. Whether it is the Homer Dodge or Werner Heisenberg family in front of the Christmas tree, Enrico Fermi and the Los Alamos team on a ski trip, or Santa Claus showing up at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, our photo archives remembers the holiday season with smiles and snow flurries. To see more images with your favorite scientists in the holiday spirit, try typing the keywords “winter, snow, outdoors, holidays, eating, drinking, skiing, ice skating”. We wish you a happy and safe holiday season in this month of December!
Physicist, Homer Dodge, serving as a USGS Surveyor in the early 1900’s while riding in a horse carriage.
AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Dodge Collection.
Santa encounters tight security during a visit to Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Digital Photo Archive, Department of Energy (DOE), courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives.
Werner Heisenberg and brother, Erwin, posing with a Christmas tree and a toy train set.
Max-Planck Institute, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives.
Dodge is pictured with his family for a Christmas photograph. Back row, left to right: Norton Dodge and Homer Dodge. Front row, left to right: Alice Dodge Wallace and Margaret Wing Dodge.
AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Dodge Collection.
Enrico Fermi at far left, Hans Bethe standing in the middle, and others on a Los Alamos skiing trip. 1943.
Photograph by Emilio Segrè, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives.
Val Telegdi celebrates Christmas in Chicago with two Siamese cats and a tiny decorated tree. December 1965.
AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Telegdi Collection, gift of Judith Goodstein.
