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Project / Collection Boyden Observatory Archive Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP1190/1

691. EAP1190/1/6/10/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/10/7
Title:
Orion Nebula (Messier 42) region.
Scope & Content:
Circular image on a white background of the Messier 42 region. Brighter stars have prominent halos. PB14_0010 and PB14_0007 are mirrored versions of each other. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 26cm, width 31cm. Condition of original material: Moder...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

692. EAP1190/1/6/10/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/10/8
Title:
Globular cluster omega Centauri (NGC 5139).
Scope & Content:
Circular image on a white background. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 25cm, width 30cm. Condition of original material: Moderate damage (dirty, foxing, curled, creased, dog-eared). Author(s)/Creator(s): English. Scribe(s): Latin. Publisher(s): L...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

693. EAP1190/1/6/10/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/10/9
Title:
Large Magellanic Cloud around NGC 2070.
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

694. EAP1190/1/6/10/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/10/10
Title:
Orion Nebula (Messier 42) region.
Scope & Content:
Circular image on a white background of the Messier 42 region. Brighter stars have prominent halos. Star images are slightly blurry. PB14_0010 and PB14_0007 are mirrored versions of each other. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 26cm, width 31cm. Cond...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

695. EAP1190/1/6/10/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/10/11
Title:
Boyden Observatory during the 1950s and 60s.
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

696. EAP1190/1/6/10/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/10/12
Title:
eta Carinae (NGC 3372) region.
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

697. EAP1190/1/6/10/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/10/13
Title:
Milky Way star field.
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

698. EAP1190/1/6/10/14

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/10/14
Title:
Boyden Observatory aerial view, 1932.
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

699. EAP1190/1/6/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/11
Title:
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...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
90

700. EAP1190/1/6/11/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/11/1
Title:
60-inch with unidentified male.
Scope & Content:
Person standing on observer platform. 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/a. Original institution reference: PB15_P0589.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1