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 ...
Unidentified terrain, steep and rocky, with some bushes. Right of centre a person stands akimbo, wearing a white hat and long boots. Near the horizon, at the top of the image, several fence posts can be seen. PB13_0016 and PB10_0035 are duplicates. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensio...
Written on back: "Boyden Station of Harvard Observatory". A caption slip is glued to the photo, identifying various structures: "Air view of the Boyden Station of Harvard Observatory at Bloemfontein, South Africa. Photograph by THE FRIEND Newspaper of Bloemfontein, 1952.", "Residence / Garage / ...
Written on back: "Showing residence, office block, instrument line, and 60-inch at left-foreground. / ADH at right hand side - split roof of building open". PB11_0017, PB11_0018, and PB11_0023 are duplicates. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 18cm, wi...
View of Modder River from 60-inch observer platform.
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Looking from the observer platform through the open dome slit to the Modder River beyond. The 60-inch telescope is on the right, oriented vertically. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 26cm, width 21cm. Condition of original material: Slight damage (d...
Rear view of the 60-inch Rockefeller telescope, looking down into the telescope pit, showing the mirror cell and arrangement of counterweights. Counterweight and polar axis partially visible. South pier and partial view of RA circles visible. Lower part of the dome roof visible. Near the top of ...
Interior view of a workshop or technical building.
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Unknown location. PB05_0025 and PB03_0038 are probably of the same location. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 9cm, width 14cm. Condition of original material: Slight damage (curled). Author(s)/Creator(s): English. Scribe(s): Latin. Publisher(s): ...
Written on back: "3(inch) Ross [B?]". 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_P0597.