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EAP1190/1/5/2
- Record Id:
- 040-004402979
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004402810
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100173881646.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1190/1/5/2
- Title:
- Boyden Lantern Slides Box 4: Telescopes and astronomical objects.
- Scope & Content:
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A collection of slides showing telescopes, observatories, astronomers, and astronomical objects. Several images illustrate the history of Harvard College Observatory, showing scenes from the USA, Peru, and Chile. Two images show Harlow Shapley and Solon Bailey. Other well-known observatories in the USA and Canada are illustrated. In South Africa, in addition to the Boyden telescopes, there are slides of the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, the Lamont-Hussey Observatory in Bloemfontein, the Radcliffe Observatory in Pretoria, and a group photograph outside the entrance to the dome of the 26.5-inch telescope in Johannesburg. A small selection depicting celestial objects is included.
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Extent: 99 lantern slides.
Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2 cm, width 10.2 cm, thickness 0.2 cm.
Condition of original material: Stable.
Original institution reference: LSB04.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Boyden Observatory Archive
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004402810
036-004402971
040-004402979 - Is part of:
- EAP1190/1 : Endangered Records in the Boyden Observatory Archive
EAP1190/1/5 : Lantern Slides
EAP1190/1/5/2 : Boyden Lantern Slides Box 4: Telescopes and astronomical objects. - Contains:
- EAP1190/1/5/2/1 : Mount Wilson Solar Observatory: 60-inch telescope.
EAP1190/1/5/2/2 : Crated telescope mirror and hat.
EAP1190/1/5/2/3 : Solon Bailey with the 24-inch Bruce Telescope.
EAP1190/1/5/2/4 : 3-inch Ross Camera, Boyden Observatory, 1931.
EAP1190/1/5/2/5 : 16-inch Metcalf Telescope.
EAP1190/1/5/2/6 : 24-inch Bruce Telescope, Boyden Observatory, 1931.
EAP1190/1/5/2/7 : John S. Paraskevopoulos and another with a mounted three-camera instrument and a small telescope. See also EAP1190_PLB38_02_2138.
EAP1190/1/5/2/8 : Aerial view of Boyden Observatory, seen from the west.
EAP1190/1/5/2/9 : Night-time street view at night with a row of street lamps and trees.
EAP1190/1/5/2/10 : Globular cluster omega Centauri (NGC 5139).
EAP1190/1/5/2/11 : Boyden Observatory, Arequipa, Peru.
EAP1190/1/5/2/12 : 60-inch Rockefeller building under construction, 1931 November 21.
EAP1190/1/5/2/13 : Halley's Comet.
EAP1190/1/5/2/14 : Assembly of the 60-inch enclosure in Johannesburg, 1931 June 04.
EAP1190/1/5/2/15 : Aerial view of Boyden Observatory and surroundings.
EAP1190/1/5/2/16 : Portrait of Harlow Shapley.
EAP1190/1/5/2/17 : Group photograph outside the entrance to the dome of the 26.5-inch telescope in Johannesburg.
EAP1190/1/5/2/18 : Recently completed 60-inch Rockefeller building.
EAP1190/1/5/2/19 : Looking east from the Administrative Building, 1931 November 29.
EAP1190/1/5/2/20 : 60-inch Rockefeller building under construction, 1931 September 21.
EAP1190/1/5/2/21 : 60-inch Rockefeller building under construction, 1931 November 29.
EAP1190/1/5/2/22 : Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
EAP1190/1/5/2/23 : Portrait of an young adult male with bow tie and spectacles.
EAP1190/1/5/2/24 : Group photograph outside a building, with dog.
EAP1190/1/5/2/25 : Assembly of the 60-inch roof truss at Hubert Davies & Co., Johannesburg.
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- 032-004402810[0005]/036-004402971[0002]/040-004402979
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1190/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 99
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1190-1-5-2
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not Applicable
- Start Date:
- 1891
- End Date:
- 1994
- Date Range:
- 1891-1994
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- CC BY-NC
- Former External References:
- LSB04
- Information About Copies:
- Digital copies are also held by: Centre for Astronomical Heritage (CfAH)
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located in Boyden Observatory, Bloemfontein, South Africa
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)