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F. Wagner Schlesinger demonstrating miniature Aurora Borealis exhibit

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F. Wagner Schlesinger, demonstrates the Aurora Borealis in miniature exhibit: a large tube filed with gas. The photograph is dated in a Chicago Park District Office of the Comissioners note on the back: May 16, 1946. The Park District-written caption in this note reads: The Adler Planetarium is the headquarters for rainbows, halos, Northern Lights, and blue skies this month! Visitors Ruth Huntley of Columbus, Ohio; Qm. Le Waymer Donaldson of Stratford, Connecticut; and Mrs. Earl Saunders of Little Rock, Arkansas watch as Wagner Schlesinger, Planetarium Director produces the famous Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights in miniature at the Adler Planetarium.

Two 8 x 10 inch black and white prints

Aurora borealis, Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum -- Exhibitions

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