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EAP1190/1/7/19
- Record Id:
- 040-004403825
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004402810
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100173882632.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1190/1/7/19
- Title:
- Boyden Plate Box 36: Boyden Observatory (60-inch dome construction) and Boyden scenes.
- Scope & Content:
-
A valuable series of images documenting progress, from June 1931 to June 1932, on the construction of the 60-inch telescope enclosure. A few images are general site views showing several other enclosures. A faded pencilled note on the plate box reads: "Aug '84 60 inch dome construction ?60".
n/a.
Extent: 21 glass plates.
Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm.
Condition of original material: Stable.
Author(s)/Creator(s): English.
Scribe(s): Latin.
Publisher(s): Left-to-Right.
Editor(s): Unrestricted.
Volume number: N/a.
Original institution reference: PLB36.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Boyden Observatory Archive
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004402810
036-004403599
040-004403825 - Is part of:
- EAP1190/1 : Endangered Records in the Boyden Observatory Archive
EAP1190/1/7 : Photographic Plates
EAP1190/1/7/19 : Boyden Plate Box 36: Boyden Observatory (60-inch dome construction) and Boyden scenes. - Contains:
- EAP1190/1/7/19/1 : Looking east from the Administrative Building
EAP1190/1/7/19/2 : Assembly of the 60-inch enclosure at Hubert Davies & Co., Johannesburg, 1931 June 04.
EAP1190/1/7/19/3 : 60-inch Rockefeller building under construction.
EAP1190/1/7/19/4 : 60-inch Rockefeller building under construction, 1931 November 29
EAP1190/1/7/19/5 : 60-inch Rockefeller construction site, 1931 July 22
EAP1190/1/7/19/6 : Looking east from the Administrative Building, 1931 November 29
EAP1190/1/7/19/7 : Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building
EAP1190/1/7/19/8 : Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building
EAP1190/1/7/19/9 : Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building
EAP1190/1/7/19/10 : Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building, 1931 July 22.
EAP1190/1/7/19/11 : Busy construction site of the 60-inch Rockefeller building
EAP1190/1/7/19/12 : Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building
EAP1190/1/7/19/13 : Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller, 1931 November 11.
EAP1190/1/7/19/14 : Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building, 1931 November 21
EAP1190/1/7/19/15 : Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building
EAP1190/1/7/19/16 : Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building, 1932 June 02
EAP1190/1/7/19/17 : Wheel assembly of the 60-inch Rockefeller turret
EAP1190/1/7/19/18 : Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building, 1932 June 11
EAP1190/1/7/19/19 : Looking east from the Administrative Building, 1931 November 29
EAP1190/1/7/19/20 : Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller.
EAP1190/1/7/19/21 : Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller, 1932 June 15
Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP1190/1/7/19 - Hierarchy:
- 032-004402810[0007]/036-004403599[0019]/040-004403825
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1190/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 21
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1190-1-7-19 (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:
- PLB36
- 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)