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EAP1190/1/6/9
- Record Id:
- 040-004403437
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004402810
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100173882188.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1190/1/6/9
- Title:
- Boyden Photo Box 13: Telescopes, site construction, and buildings of Boyden Observatory
- Scope & Content:
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Scenes from Arequipa, steam wagons carting the 60-inch telescope parts (1930 June), the 60-inch observer gallery being unloaded (1930s), Bloemfontein station (1950s), and images of telescopes (ADH telescope, 13-inch Refractor, 24-inch Bruce telescope, 60-inch telescope and mount assembly), buildings (Residence and garage, Office Building, 60-inch enclosure under construction and erected in Johannesburg), and the site (early view of construction). Majority of photos undated.
n/a.
Extent: 55 photographic prints (54 black and white, 1 colour).
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: PB13.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Boyden Observatory Archive
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004402810
036-004403079
040-004403437 - Is part of:
- EAP1190/1 : Endangered Records in the Boyden Observatory Archive
EAP1190/1/6 : Photographic Prints
EAP1190/1/6/9 : Boyden Photo Box 13: Telescopes, site construction, and buildings of Boyden Observatory - Contains:
- EAP1190/1/6/9/1 : Loading a crate on a lorry.
EAP1190/1/6/9/2 : Moving the Bruce Telescope.
EAP1190/1/6/9/3 : Examining an objective in a crate.
EAP1190/1/6/9/4 : Moving the Bruce Telescope.
EAP1190/1/6/9/5 : Rear view of the 60-inch Rockefeller telescope.
EAP1190/1/6/9/6 : Aerial view of Boyden Observatory site from the west-northwest.
EAP1190/1/6/9/7 : Loading a crate at a railway station.
EAP1190/1/6/9/8 : Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building.
EAP1190/1/6/9/9 : J.S. Paraskevopoulos with the polar axis of the 60-inch telescope during construction.
EAP1190/1/6/9/10 : Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building.
EAP1190/1/6/9/11 : Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building, 1931 July 22.
EAP1190/1/6/9/12 : 60-inch Rockefeller building under construction.
EAP1190/1/6/9/13 : Three steam wagons carting the 60-inch telescope parts, 1930 June.
EAP1190/1/6/9/14 : Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building.
EAP1190/1/6/9/15 : Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building.
EAP1190/1/6/9/16 : Lone figure standing in rough terrain.
EAP1190/1/6/9/17 : The 60-inch Rockefeller Telescope.
EAP1190/1/6/9/18 : Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building.
EAP1190/1/6/9/19 : Aerial view of Boyden Observatory site from the north-west.
EAP1190/1/6/9/20 : Group photo during 60-inch Rockefeller building construction.
EAP1190/1/6/9/21 : 60-inch Rockefeller building under construction, 1931 November 29.
EAP1190/1/6/9/22 : Partially completed mount of the 60-inch.
EAP1190/1/6/9/23 : Looking east from the Administrative Building.
EAP1190/1/6/9/24 : Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building.
EAP1190/1/6/9/25 : Installing part of the mount of the 60-inch.
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- 032-004402810[0006]/036-004403079[0009]/040-004403437
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1190/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 55
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1190-1-6-9
- Thumbnail:
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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:
- PB13
- 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)