# What to Pack for a Solar Eclipse Expedition in the Late 1800s

Two Library specialists — head of science reference JJ Harbster and historian Joshua Levy — look at a photo album more than a century old, compiled during an expedition to see a solar eclipse in on the coast of Angola in 1889. Looking through the album, the experts talk about what the sailors and scientists packed for the arduous journey to see the eclipse at the turn of the century.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2024
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: Levy, Joshua
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-9874/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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