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Chant (rear) and Young with the completed Toronto Einstein camera. Young sits behind the telescope, grasping the cord used to guide the camera. Chant is ready with a photographic plate holder. Courtesy of the University of Toronto Archives (A2023-0010/P(121)) Read More

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Black and white photo of astronomers Clarence Chant and Reynold Young kneeling and sitting, respectively, on the ground. Young is looking through the eyepiece of a long cylindrical-shaped camera positioned perpendicular to the ground and attached to a square tube covered with a cloth-like material. Chant is holding a black rectangular board underneath the tube.

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