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Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP1190/1 Subject Astronomy

61. EAP1190/1/7/7/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/7/10
Title:
Murraysburg street scene.
Scope & Content:
A tree-lined dirt road with electricity poles and street lights. Several cars are parked on both sides of the road, often in the shade of the trees. On the right is a lamp pole used as a fingerpost. The approximate directions (but not distances) to 8 settlements are shown. Based on triangulation...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

62. EAP1190/1/7/7/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/7/11
Title:
Murraysburg street scene.
Scope & Content:
Murraysburg street scene. An unidentified person wearing a dress and spectacles is walking with a dog on a leash. They appear also on PLB16_0005. Partially visible on the left is a low wall with a fence - this appears identical to the fence around the Dutch Reformed Church in PLB16_0005. PLB16_0...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

63. EAP1190/1/7/7/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/7/13
Title:
Murraysburg seen from outside the town.
Scope & Content:
Murraysburg seen from outside the town. Identification based on the appearance of the Dutch Reformed Church building. The profile of the hills in the background may secure this identification. In the foreground is scrubby veldt and the dry course of a non-perennial river with a low bridge. No ob...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

64. EAP1190/1/7/7/14

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/7/14
Title:
J.S. Paraskevopoulos and another sitting on a rock in the veld.
Scope & Content:
Two men sitting on a rock in the veld during the day, eating fruit. Sitting on the right is John Stefanos Paraskevopoulos (1889 June 20 - 1951 March 15), astronomer in charge of the Boyden station of Harvard Observatory. Both are wearing a collared shirt and tie. The person on the left has on an...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

65. EAP1190/1/7/7/16

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/7/16
Title:
Murraysburg street scene.
Scope & Content:
A tree-lined dirt road with electricity poles and street lights. Several cars are parked on both sides of the road, often in the shade of the trees. On the right is a lamp pole used as a fingerpost. The approximate directions (but not distances) to 8 settlements are shown. Based on triangulation...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

66. EAP1190/1/7/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/12
Title:
Boyden Plate Box 23: Port Elizabeth scenery
Scope & Content:
A collection of scenic images of rural landscapes. A faded pencilled note on the plate box reads "PE Garden Route", suggesting that these may be views in or around Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and along the Garden Route. Three images show the Gamtoos River. All the images are undated. It is unk...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
11

67. EAP1190/1/7/14

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/14
Title:
Boyden Plate Box 27: Comet Peltier, zodiacal light, and reproductions
Scope & Content:
Two images of astronomical objects are presented in this set of images: Comet Peltier, imaged in 1936, and the zodiacal light, imaged in 1932. The latter plate, however, appears fogged, rendering the subtle zodiacal light all but impossible to make out. A faded pencilled note on the plate box re...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
2