PB02_0011 and PB03_0032 are related. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 14cm, width 9cm. Condition of original material: Slight damage (curled). Author(s)/Creator(s): English. Scribe(s): Latin. Publisher(s): Left-to-Right. Editor(s): Unrestricted....
Three unidentified males. Rightmost could be Bart J. Bok. Flatbed trailers in midground. Industrial buildings in background. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 9cm, width 14cm. Condition of original material: Slight damage (foxing, curled, edge damage...
Boyden Photo Box 05: Telescopes and buildings at Boyden Observatory
Scope & Content:
Images of the 10-inch Metcalf and camera, 16-inch Nishimura Cassegrain, the 16-inch telescope, the 60-inch, and the coelostat (from inside the enclosure). The Office Building, and a workshop/technical building. View of the Observatory site, and a rare view of the nearby municipal water works. Al...
74-inch aluminising tank (detail, curved connector), SAAO, Sutherland.
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PB10_0041 and PB10_0054 are duplicates. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 15cm, width 22cm. Condition of original material: Slight damage (foxing). Author(s)/Creator(s): English. Scribe(s): Latin. Publisher(s): Left-to-Right. Editor(s): Unrestric...
74-inch aluminising tank (detail, curved connector), SAAO, Sutherland.
Scope & Content:
PB10_0041 and PB10_0054 are duplicates. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 15cm, width 22cm. Condition of original material: Slight damage (foxing). Author(s)/Creator(s): English. Scribe(s): Latin. Publisher(s): Left-to-Right. Editor(s): Unrestric...
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...
The partially completed mount of the 60-inch telescope, seen from the east looking down into the telescope pit. The polar axis is in place. The declination axis is missing the counterweight and cradle. The declination spindle and graduated circle is shown inserted in to the cross head. Two peopl...
A red-tinted print of Messier 31, almost certainly reproduced from a publication and not photographed from Boyden. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 21cm, width 26cm. Condition of original material: Negligible damage. Author(s)/Creator(s): English. ...
Assembling the observing platform of the 60-inch Rockefeller Telescope.
Scope & Content:
The view from inside the partially-completed 60-inch dome, looking approximately east, showing the assembled observing platform of the Rockefeller Telescope. The trusswork of the dome is not clad, and the dome rollers can be seen. Four persons are standing on the platform and two at its base. No...
Three telescope enclosures seen looking east from the Administrative Building. Left to right, these are the 13-inch Boyden Refractor, 60-inch Rockefeller, and the 10-inch Metcalf. The cladding on the 60-inch dome in complete and in pristine condition. In the foreground is the paved pathway of th...