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EAP1190/1/7/18/8
- Record Id:
- 041-004403794
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004402810
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100173882599.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1190/1/7/18/8
- Title:
- Delivery of the 60-inch tube at Boyden
- Scope & Content:
-
A lorry offloads cargo in the veldt. Several people can be seen, including Mrs Paraskevopoulos at far left. Pile of rocks in foreground. In the background the upper portion of the 60-inch enclosure under construction can be seen. The lorry is a six-wheeled steam-driven machine. The bed is raised and the crate, containing the truss tube of the telescope, is partially offloaded. Written on the crate is "No. 1591 / EAST LONDON / SOUTH AFRICA / WT 2200 GR / 1200 NET / HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY / FROM J.W. FECKER. / PITTSBURGH [obscured] WNING / EXPORT / .. YORK N.Y.". On the door of the cab of the lorry is a sign reading "PANDA". Hand-written label: "BOYDEN STATION. - So.AFRICA / 60[inch] tel. Skeleton tube / July 1931", "22" [written at right-angles across caption].
n/a.
Extent: 1 glass plate.
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: PLB35_04_2198.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Boyden Observatory Archive
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004402810
036-004403599
040-004403786
041-004403794 - Is part of:
- EAP1190/1 : Endangered Records in the Boyden Observatory Archive
EAP1190/1/7 : Photographic Plates
EAP1190/1/7/18 : Boyden Plate Box 35: Boyden Observatory, telescopes (Set 1)
EAP1190/1/7/18/8 : Delivery of the 60-inch tube at Boyden - Hierarchy:
- 032-004402810[0007]/036-004403599[0018]/040-004403786[0008]/041-004403794
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1190/1
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/item/EAP1190-1-7-18-8 (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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- Former External References:
- PLB35_04_2198
- 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)