Handwritten on back: "Contact print of ADH 40 - 103a- Region of 30 Doradus / exposure 90 min by Bok - Dec 10/11 '50 - seeing poor / 1 mm = 68[arcseconds]", "PLATE 1", and a sticker marked "142%". n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 25cm, width 31cm. Co...
Harvard's eclipse station at Willows, California, USA.
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Printed label: "HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY.". Hand-written: "No. N 132 / Harvard Eclipse Station Willows. Calif". Harvard's eclipse station at Willows, California, USA, led by Pickering, to observe the total solar eclipse of 1889 January 01. n/a. Extent: 1 lantern slide. Size and dimensions ...
McClean Dome, Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope.
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McClean Dome, Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope. Printed label: "HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY". Hand-written: "A 84 / Cape of Good Hope (?) Observatory / dupl.". A red star-shaped sticker is attached to the label. n/a. Extent: 1 lantern slide. Size and dimensions of original material: Heigh...
Loading crate into a lorry, Bloemfontein railway station.
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Written across two side panels of the lorry is "motor / services". Crate is labelled "GLASS". n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 11cm, width 7cm. Condition of original material: Slight damage (curled, creased). Author(s)/Creator(s): English. Scribe(...
Viewed from the roof of the 60-inch enclosure. Residence partially visible in background. Weather vane can be seen on the left. 10-inch Metcalf has cone-shaped instrument attached. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 12cm, width 21cm. Condition of orig...
Construction of the 60-inch building, seen from the west. Half of the circular wall of the turret is complete. A small section of the curtain wall in front of the foyer is in place. In the foreground is a large gravel pile and a "RANSOME" machine. There are no people in the image. PB13_0012, PB1...
Construction of the 60-inch building, seen from the west. Half of the circular wall of the turret is complete. A small section of the curtain wall in front of the foyer is in place. In the foreground is a large gravel pile and a "RANSOME" machine. There are no people in the image. Written on bac...
60-inch Rockefeller building under construction, 1931 November 11
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Construction site of the 60-inch building, seen from the west. The primary brickwork is in place: the foyer in the south-west, and the circular dome support wall. On top of the circular wall the lowest portion of the metal wall truss can be seen, supported on stacked columns of wood. Two tall V-...
60-inch Rockefeller building under construction, 1931 November 21.
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Construction site of the 60-inch building, seen from the west. The building's primary brick work is partially completed. Within the pit, the south pier is being constructed. The top of a crane standing in the pit can be seen. A "RANSOME" machine is visible in the midground. Near the left edge of...