Title from caption. Aerial view of Boyden Observatory site, with detailed handwritten caption describing the instruments and buildings shown in the image. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph, mounted on card. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 19cm, width 26cm. Condition of original mate...
Caption in English and Afrikaans: "ETA CARINAE AND ITS SURROUNDING NEBULOSITY PHOTOGRAPHED WITH THE ADH TELESCOPE". n/a. Extent: 1 photograph, mounted on card. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 16cm, width 19cm. Condition of original material: Moderate damage (dirty, foxing, h...
Caption in English and Afrikaans: "TOWARDS THE CENTRE OF THE MILKY WAY: PART OF THE SAGITTARIUS CLOUD PHOTOGRAPHED WITH THE ADH". PB14_0005 and PB14_0013 are of the same region of sky. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph, mounted on card. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 15cm, width 19c...
Handwritten at top of image: "1932". Caption below in English and Afrikaans: "AERIAL VIEW OF THE HARVARD SOUTHERN STATION DURING ERECTION OF THE SIXTY INCH REFLECTOR". n/a. Extent: 1 photograph, mounted on card. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 19cm, width 21cm. Condition of ...
Boyden Photo Box 15: People, early site construction, telescopes, buildings, and astronomical objects.
Scope & Content:
People (group photo, and a portrait of Alexander William Roberts), early site construction (3 steam wagons carting crates to the Observatory site), telescopes (10-inch Metcalf, 13-inch Boyden refractor, 60-inch Rockefeller telescope, 3-inch Ross camera, interior view of the coelostat, and severa...
Possibly at Boyden Observatory. Four cameras and white finder scope visible. Possibly taken at night. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Condition of original material: Stable. Author(s)/Creator(s): English. Scribe(s): Latin. Publisher(s): Left-to-Right. Editor(s): Unrestricted. Volume number: N...
Written on back: "Plate 1a ("b" crossed out) / Occultation of beta Sco / 12 May 1971 / ("12 May 1971" crossed out) / ("13 May 1971" crossed out)". South and east orientation arrows. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Condition of original material: Stable. Author(s)/Creator(s): English. Scribe(s): ...