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Recently completed 60-inch Rockefeller building
The completed 60-inch Rockefeller, seen from the south-west looking squarely at the entrance. Grasses cover the foreground. In front of the engine…
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The 24-inch Bruce telescope, 1932 June 16
The 24-inch Bruce Telescope, seen from the east-southeast, looking down from the wall of the enclosure. The telescope is above the polar axis, and…
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Partially completed mount of the 60-inch
The partially completed mount of the 60-inch telescope, seen from the east looking down into the telescope pit. The polar axis is in place. The…
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The 24-inch Bruce telescope with open roof and two people
The 24-inch Bruce telescope and enclosure, seen looking north-northeast. The roof is open and the telescope is east of the pier, pointing north-…
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Installing the mounting of the 60-inch Rockefeller Telescope
Interior view of the 60-inch Rockefeller building under construction. The polar axis is in place; the south pier is visible. A crane is attached to…
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The 3-inch Ross-Fecker Camera with open roof, 1931
The 3-inch Ross-Fecker Camera building, seen facing east-southeast. The roof is rolled open, to the north. A door frame can be seen at the southern…
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Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building, 1932 June 02
Construction of the 60-inch building, seen from the west-southwest. The wall and roof trusses of the turret are complete, and portions of the…
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The 8-inch Bache Doublet and Herbst (Pulkovo) Transit buildings, 1931
The 8-inch Bache Doublet building, seen facing south-east. The roof is open and the upper part of the telescope and mount is visible. The telescope…
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The 10-inch Metcalf Triplet with open roof
The 10-inch Metcalf Triplet, seen facing east-southeast. The roof is rolled open, and the door in the western wall is also open. The south pier of…
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The 60-inch Rockefeller Telescope
Interior view of the 60-inch Rockefeller Building, looking west, showing the telescope and observer's platform. The Newtonian secondary mirror…
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Aerial view of Boyden Observatory site from the north-east
Aerial view of Boyden Observatory site from the north-east, showing 7 telescope enclosures (opened) and support buildings. Several people stand…
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The 1.5-inch Cook Camera and enclosure
Man standing beside a small telescope with an elevated-rail run-off roof enclosure, fully open. The boxy telescope, on a fork mount, is atop a hip-…
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Aerial view of Boyden Observatory site looking roughly from the south-southeast
Aerial view of Boyden Observatory site looking roughly from the south-southeast. The old kraal south-east of the 60-inch enclosure is clearly shown…
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Adjusting the 13-inch refractor (2 of 3)
Two people inside the 13-inch building, at the eyepiece end of the 13-inch refractor, which is pointed nearly vertically. The back end of the…
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The 24-inch Bruce telescope with open roof
The 24-inch Bruce telescope and enclosure, seen looking north-northeast. The roof is open and the telescope is east of the pier, pointing north-…
