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21. EAP1190/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/5
Title:
Lantern Slides
Scope & Content:
A collection of mounted images most probably used to illustrate lectures and to disseminate news. The slides are a mix of original material from Boyden Observatory and commercially-available reproductions. The bulk of the material consists of reproductions of plates taken at Boyden Observatory (...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
105

22. EAP1190/1/5/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/5/2
Title:
Boyden Lantern Slides Box 4: Telescopes and astronomical objects.
Scope & Content:
A collection of slides showing telescopes, observatories, astronomers, and astronomical objects. Several images illustrate the history of Harvard College Observatory, showing scenes from the USA, Peru, and Chile. Two images show Harlow Shapley and Solon Bailey. Other well-known observatories in ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
99

23. EAP1190/1/5/2/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/5/2/8
Title:
Aerial view of Boyden Observatory, seen from the west.
Scope & Content:
Boyden Observatory, seen from the west, possibly from the roof of the Administration Building. The 60-inch Rockefeller enclosure dominates the view. In the foreground, left to right, are the pillars of the Bruce enclosure, the 13-inch enclosure, and part of the 10-inch Metcalf building. Small tr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

24. EAP1190/1/5/2/15

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/5/2/15
Title:
Aerial view of Boyden Observatory and surroundings.
Scope & Content:
An early aerial view of Boyden Observatory koppie, seen from the north-west. In the foreground is the access road up the slope of the koppie; lower down, other tracks can be seen. The location of the hostel and cottages is at bottom left; no structures are visible. Near the left-centre of the im...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

25. EAP1190/1/5/2/19

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/5/2/19
Title:
Looking east from the Administrative Building, 1931 November 29.
Scope & Content:
Hand-written label: "BOYDEN STATION. - So. AFRICA / Nov. 29, 1931 / 10 [circled]". LSB04_0019 and PLB36_0006 are derivatives. n/a. Extent: 1 lantern slide. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2 cm, width 10.2 cm, thickness 0.2 cm. Condition of original material: Stable. Autho...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

26. EAP1190/1/5/2/48

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/5/2/48
Title:
Looking east from the Administrative Building, 1931 November 29.
Scope & Content:
Hand-written label: "BOYDEN STATION - So. AFRICA / 1931 Nov. 29". LSB04_0019, LSB04_0048, and PLB36_0006 are derivatives. n/a. Extent: 1 lantern slide. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2 cm, width 10.2 cm, thickness 0.2 cm. Condition of original material: Stable. Author(s)...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

27. EAP1190/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6
Title:
Photographic Prints
Scope & Content:
The majority of the material dates from the 1930s, and the 1950s. 2 images were taken in the 1970s and 1 in 1994. Several of the prints are from glass plate negatives held in the collection and described elsewhere. Themes in this series include the Observatory site and its development, views of ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
508

28. EAP1190/1/6/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/7
Title:
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...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
48

29. EAP1190/1/6/7/38

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/7/38
Title:
Globular cluster omega Centauri (NGC 5139).
Scope & Content:
Typed note pasted to photo: "A 3.5-fold enlargement of the central portion of ADH 422 of the Great Globular Cluster Omega Centauri. The photograph was made with a red-sensitive (103a-E) emulsion with accompanying red filter (Wratten 25A), exposure time 60 minutes, centered at 13h 24m, -47.0°; ob...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

30. EAP1190/1/6/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/9
Title:
Boyden Photo Box 13: Telescopes, site construction, and buildings of Boyden Observatory
Scope & Content:
Scenes from Arequipa, steam wagons carting the 60-inch telescope parts (1930 June), the 60-inch observer gallery being unloaded (1930s), Bloemfontein station (1950s), and images of telescopes (ADH telescope, 13-inch Refractor, 24-inch Bruce telescope, 60-inch telescope and mount assembly), build...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
55

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