Boyden Photo Box 11: People, telescopes and buildings at Boyden Observatory, and celestial objects
Scope & Content:
Images of telescopes (ADH, the 60-inch with photometer, and the coelostat), buildings (several aerial views, the construction of the aluminising tank enclosure and the garage of the Residence) and people (including a portrait of John Stefanos Paraskevopoulos, and Bart and Priscilla Bok at Bloemf...
Building visible in background. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 20cm, width 25cm. Condition of original material: Moderate damage (dirty, foxing, curled, emulsion damage, water damage). Author(s)/Creator(s): English. Scribe(s): Latin. Publisher(...
Written on back: "1951 / ADH on right hand side - split roof of building open.", with labels to identify the ADH, 13-inch, and 60-inch. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 21cm, width 25cm. Condition of original material: Moderate damage (dirty, curled...
Written on back: "Boyden Station of Harvard Observatory". A caption slip is glued to the photo, identifying various structures: "Air view of the Boyden Station of Harvard Observatory at Bloemfontein, South Africa. Photograph by THE FRIEND Newspaper of Bloemfontein, 1952.", "Residence / Garage / ...
Written on back: "1954, Outside 60 inch turret, Boyden: Occassion of the 'Mars' expedition by Slipher to the Lamont-Hussey Observatory, Bloemfontein. / left to right: M.J. BESTER [Boyden staff with arrow], E.G. BURTON [Boyden staff with arrow], E.M. LINDSAY [Armagh with arrow], A.P. FITZGERALD [...
Written on back: "Showing residence, office block, instrument line, and 60-inch at left-foreground. / ADH at right hand side - split roof of building open". PB11_0017, PB11_0018, and PB11_0023 are duplicates. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 18cm, wi...
Written on back: "Boyden, Mazelspoort, 1952 / (very [underlined] low aerial shot!!) / ADH on right hand side - split roof of building open". n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 18cm, width 25cm. Condition of original material: Slight damage (curled, cr...
Written on back: "July 1954. / Entrance to 60 inch building, Boyden, Mazelspoort, (left to right) E.M. Lindsay, (ARMAGH) / A.P. Fitzgerald. (FITZGERALD) ARMAGH? or elsewhere in Northern Ireland? / M.J. BESTER (BOYDEN)", "IAJ 12 No.3/4 Jarrett", "Jarrett I / Plate V [deleted] VII", and reproducti...
Written on back: "PLATE II / Dr E.C. SLIPHER / Mr A.P. FITZGERALD / Dr E.M. LINDSAY / Mr E.G. BURTON / Mr M.J. BESTER / JULY 1954 / IAJ 12 No. 3/4 / Jarrett", and reproduction instructions. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 20cm, width 26cm. Conditio...