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EAP1190/1/6/2
- Record Id:
- 040-004403112
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004402810
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100173881803.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1190/1/6/2
- Title:
- Boyden Photo Box 02: Telescopes, site construction and aerial views of Boyden Observatory
- Scope & Content:
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Views at Boyden from around 1930 to mid 1950s. Construction of the 60-inch enclosure and engine shed, and assembly of the 60-inch mount. Views of the 10-inch Metcalf telescope. Aerial views of the site, showing the 60-inch and several enclosures not frequently imaged: the Hamburg-Schmidt, the Damon Camera platform, and the Remeis Astrograph enclosure. One image is a group photo which includes Eric Mervyn Lindsay. There is an autographed portrait of Bart J. Bok, dated 1952. All other photos undated.
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Extent: 47 black-and-white photographic prints.
Custodial history: N/a.
Arrangement: N/a.
Alternative calendar and date: N/a, N/a
Author(s)/Creator(s): English.
Scribe(s): Latin.
Publisher(s): Left-to-Right.
Editor(s): Unrestricted.
Volume number: N/a.
Original institution reference: PB02.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Boyden Observatory Archive
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004402810
036-004403079
040-004403112 - Is part of:
- EAP1190/1 : Endangered Records in the Boyden Observatory Archive
EAP1190/1/6 : Photographic Prints
EAP1190/1/6/2 : Boyden Photo Box 02: Telescopes, site construction and aerial views of Boyden Observatory - Contains:
- EAP1190/1/6/2/1 : Group photo outside a house.
EAP1190/1/6/2/2 : 60-inch declination counterweight.
EAP1190/1/6/2/3 : Working on the 60 inch mount.
EAP1190/1/6/2/4 : Working on the 60 inch mount.
EAP1190/1/6/2/5 : Working on the 60 inch mount.
EAP1190/1/6/2/6 : Working on the 60 inch mount.
EAP1190/1/6/2/7 : 60-inch with instrument.
EAP1190/1/6/2/8 : Person squatting and looking through 60-inch.
EAP1190/1/6/2/9 : Person on ladder looking through 60-inch.
EAP1190/1/6/2/10 : Person on ladder looking through 60-inch.
EAP1190/1/6/2/11 : Person on floor looking through 60-inch.
EAP1190/1/6/2/12 : 60-inch enclosure with palms and trees.
EAP1190/1/6/2/13 : 10-inch Metcalf in open enclosure.
EAP1190/1/6/2/14 : Mirror view of 60-inch.
EAP1190/1/6/2/15 : Looking up at the vertical 60-inch.
EAP1190/1/6/2/16 : Looking up at the vertical 60-inch.
EAP1190/1/6/2/17 : Looking up at the vertical 60-inch.
EAP1190/1/6/2/18 : Looking up at the vertical 60-inch.
EAP1190/1/6/2/19 : Looking up at the vertical 60-inch.
EAP1190/1/6/2/20 : 60-inch with observer and platform.
EAP1190/1/6/2/21 : Unidentified person below the 60-inch.
EAP1190/1/6/2/22 : 60-inch enclosure, recently completed.
EAP1190/1/6/2/23 : Spindle of 60-inch polar axis held by chains.
EAP1190/1/6/2/24 : Construction of 60-inch enclosure.
EAP1190/1/6/2/25 : Engine shed and 60-inch turret.
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Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP1190/1/6/2 - Hierarchy:
- 032-004402810[0006]/036-004403079[0002]/040-004403112
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1190/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 47
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1190-1-6-2 (opens in a new tab)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not Applicable
- Start Date:
- 1891
- End Date:
- 1994
- Date Range:
- 1891-1994
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- User Conditions:
- CC BY-NC
This item is part of the Endangered Archives Programme.
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Digital copies can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
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- Former External References:
- PB02
- Arrangement:
- N/a
- 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)