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1021. EAP1190/1/6/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/3/1
Title:
Three people sitting on the stairs of the Office Building, Boyden Observatory.
Scope & Content:
(l.t.r.) Unidentified male, unidentified male, Michiel J. Bester. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 12cm, width 9cm. Condition of original material: Moderate damage (dirty, curled, fish moth damage). Author(s)/Creator(s): English. Scribe(s): Latin....
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

1022. EAP1190/1/6/10/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/10/2
Title:
The Boyden 60-inch mirror being placed into a vacuum chamber.
Scope & Content:
Typed caption in Afrikaans: "Die spieël word in die groot vakuumkamer (vertikaal) geplaas. Nadat die vakuumkamer se 'deksel' opgeplaas is, word 'n pomptyd van ongeveer 32 ure benodig om die vereisde vakuum te bereik. Aluminimum [sic] word op verskeie plekke in die vakuumkamer verhit totdat Al-at...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

1023. EAP1190/1/6/6/20

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/6/20
Title:
Assembly of the 60-inch enclosure at Hubert Davies & Co., Johannesburg, 1931 June 04.
Scope & Content:
The truss work of the walls of the 60-inch building, assembled outside at Hubert Davies & Co. in Johannesburg. The assembly rests on stacked planks. Three people can be seen on the right, looking at the assembly. Partially visible on the left is the roof truss assembly of the 60-inch buildin...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

1024. EAP1190/1/6/9/37

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/9/37
Title:
Unloading the observing gallery for the 60-inch telescope (1931 March 18).
Scope & Content:
The Boyden Observatory site seen from just east of the 13-inch building, looking south-west. In the foreground, two large, long wooden shipping crates lie in the veldt. One is partially on an unidentified machine. The crates are marked with the HCO symbol, details of size and weight, destination...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

1025. EAP1190/1/7/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/3/2
Title:
Portrait of a little girl with a toy bear.
Scope & Content:
First of 4 images of an unidentified young girl in a coat, seated on a dining room chair which is standing on a garden path. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. Condition of original material: Stable. Author(s)/C...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

1026. EAP1190/1/7/3/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/3/6
Title:
Portrait of a little girl sitting on a chair.
Scope & Content:
Second of 4 images of an unidentifed young girl in a coat, seated on a dining room chair which is standing on a garden path. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. Condition of original material: Stable. Author(s)/C...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

1027. EAP1190/1/7/3/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/3/7
Title:
Portrait of a little girl sitting on a chair.
Scope & Content:
Third of 4 images of an unidentifed young girl in a coat, seated on a dining room chair which is standing on a garden path. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. Condition of original material: Stable. Author(s)/Cr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

1028. EAP1190/1/7/3/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/3/8
Title:
Portrait of a little girl sitting on a chair.
Scope & Content:
Fourth of 4 images of an unidentifed young girl in a coat, seated on a dining room chair which is standing on a garden path. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. Condition of original material: Stable. Author(s)/C...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

1029. 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

1030. EAP1190/1/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/1/2
Title:
A. W. Roberts' variable star observations for 1904 (Part 1 of 2).
Scope & Content:
Original observations for the period 1904 January 07 to 1904 June 14, as well as a few pages with notes. Previously listed as R046. Split into two packets. n/a. Extent: Approximately 344 loose, unnumbered pages (328 blank sides). Size and dimensions of original material: Height 36cm, width 23...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
07 Jan 1904-14 Jun 1904
Extent:
345