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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Project / Collection Boyden Observatory Archive

851. EAP1190/1/7/6/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/6/3
Title:
Cloudscape seen from Boyden Observatory
Scope & Content:
Looking due west. Residence, garden, and palms visible in foreground. Tafelkop is visible in the centre, on the horizon. PLB12_0002 and PLB12_0003 are related. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. Condition of orig...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

852. EAP1190/1/7/6/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/6/4
Title:
Cloudscape seen from Boyden Observatory
Scope & Content:
Looking north-northeast. Osberg on distant horizon at extreme right of frame; Klipdrift Hill to right of centre. In the foreground, on either side of a barbed wire fence, young trees have been planted (each with three guide poles). PLB12_0004 and PLB12_0005 are related. n/a. Extent: 1 glass pl...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

853. EAP1190/1/7/6/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/6/5
Title:
Cloudscape seen from Boyden Observatory
Scope & Content:
Looking roughly north-northeast. Osberg on distant horizon at extreme right of frame; Klipdrift Hill to right of centre. In the foreground, on either side of a barbed wire fence, young trees have been planted (each with three guide poles). PLB12_0004 and PLB12_0005 are related. n/a. Extent: 1 ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

854. EAP1190/1/7/6/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/6/6
Title:
Cloudscape seen from Boyden Observatory
Scope & Content:
Rare view of the Residence garden and trellises. Looking east-southeast. At the left of frame the Transit and 8-inch enclosures can be seen. In front of the Transit building is the Stevenson screen, in front of which is a smaller structure (perhaps a rain gauge?). Note pile of rubble at extreme ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

855. EAP1190/1/7/6/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/6/7
Title:
Cloudscape seen from Boyden Observatory
Scope & Content:
Looking north-northeast. In the foreground, several young trees have been planted (each with guide poles). On the right of frame, an electricity pole is visible. In the centre is the prominent municipal water works (est. 1904). Klipdrift Hill is partially visible on the right. n/a. Extent: 1 g...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

856. EAP1190/1/7/6/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/6/8
Title:
Cloudscape seen from Boyden Observatory
Scope & Content:
Modder River seen from the Observatory, looking east-northeast. In the foreground on the right is the south-eastern extension of the Boyden koppie. Thaba Nchu Mountain is to the right of centre on the horizon. PLB12_0008 and PLB12_0009 are related. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

857. EAP1190/1/7/6/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/6/9
Title:
Cloudscape seen from Boyden Observatory
Scope & Content:
Modder River seen from the Observatory, looking east-northeast. In the foreground on the right is the south-eastern extension of the Boyden koppie. Thaba Nchu Mountain is to the right of centre on the horizon. PLB12_0008 and PLB12_0009 are related. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

858. EAP1190/1/7/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/7
Title:
Boyden Plate Box 16: People, telescopes and urban scenes
Scope & Content:
A set of images which may relate to an expedition to observe a solar eclipse. Several images show street scenes in Murraysburg and Cradock, South Africa. A well-observed solar eclipse occurred on 01 Oct 1940. There is also a series of images showing people (including observatory director John St...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
16

859. EAP1190/1/7/7/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/7/1
Title:
John S. Paraskevopoulos with a mounted three-camera instrument
Scope & Content:
John S. Paraskevopoulos standing next to an equatorial fork mount, carrying three cameras, on a temporary stand. On the far right is a plank of wood, planted vertically, carrying a mechanical device consisting of a chain, weights, and gears. The chain runs to the mount and is presumably a drive ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

860. EAP1190/1/7/7/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/7/2
Title:
Cradock street scene
Scope & Content:
Cradock street scene. Looking approximately north towards the Dutch Reformed Church. "The Karoo Garden" visible in foreground. No obvious astronomical content or connection with Boyden Observatory. PLB16_0003 and PLB16_0002 are related. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of origi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1