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Loading a crate on a lorry

Item Ref: EAP1190/1/6/9/1

People manoeuvring a crate, suspended from a crane, on a lorry. Several bystanders. Written on the side of the lorry is "[obscured] Services…

Moving the Bruce Telescope

Item Ref: EAP1190/1/6/9/2

Three people manoeuvring the tube (with optics removed) of the Bruce Telescope, seen from the southwest. The north pier and drive assembly (exposed…

Examining an objective in a crate

Item Ref: EAP1190/1/6/9/3

Two people (left: Unidentified; right: J.S. Paraskevopoulos) examining a large piece of optics (objective?) which is inside a wooden crate on the…

Moving the Bruce Telescope

Item Ref: EAP1190/1/6/9/4

Four people (one obscured) hoisting a metal telescope tube, apparently without optics, using a crane. The tube exhibits scuff marks. Telescope…

Rear view of the 60-inch Rockefeller telescope

Item Ref: EAP1190/1/6/9/5

Rear view of the 60-inch Rockefeller telescope, looking down into the telescope pit, showing the mirror cell and arrangement of counterweights.…

Aerial view of Boyden Observatory site from the west-northwest

Item Ref: EAP1190/1/6/9/6

Aerial view of Boyden Observatory site from the west-northwest. The 60-inch enclosure is being constructed; roofing material is being laid on. The…

Loading a crate at a railway station

Item Ref: EAP1190/1/6/9/7

Four people at a railway station [Bloemfontein?] watching a crate being hoisted from an open boxcar. Visible on the crate is "EAST LONDON /…

Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building

Item Ref: EAP1190/1/6/9/8

Construction of the 60-inch building, viewed most likely from the north. The walls and roof trusses of the turret are in place. The cradle of the…

J.S. Paraskevopoulos with the polar axis of the 60-inch telescope during construction

Item Ref: EAP1190/1/6/9/9

John S. Paraskevopoulos is pictured standing next to the polar axis of the 60-inch telescope, inside the partially-completed 60-inch building. The…

Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building

Item Ref: EAP1190/1/6/9/10

Construction site of the 60-inch building, seen from an elevated position in the west-northwest. The circular wall of the turret is complete and…

Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building, 1931 July 22

Item Ref: EAP1190/1/6/9/11

Construction site seen from roughly west-southwest, showing the cutting into the bedrock within which the 60-inch building will be constructed. A…

60-inch Rockefeller building under construction

Item Ref: EAP1190/1/6/9/12

Construction of the 60-inch building, seen from the west. Half of the circular wall of the turret is complete. A small section of the curtain wall…

Three steam wagons carting the 60-inch telescope parts, 1930 June

Item Ref: EAP1190/1/6/9/13

Three steam wagons with cargo in a field, south of the Boyden Observatory site. The two lead vehicles have four wheels; the last has six wheels, of…

Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building

Item Ref: EAP1190/1/6/9/14

Construction of the 60-inch building, seen from the south-west looking squarely at the entrance. The wall trusses of the turret are complete.…

Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building

Item Ref: EAP1190/1/6/9/15

Construction of the 60-inch building, seen from the west, looking squarely at the entrance. The curtain wall around the courtyard is almost…

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