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  • Instrument row seen from roof of Office Building

    Item Ref: EAP1190/1/6/8/51
    (l.t.r.) ADH, 13-inch, 60-inch, 8-inch enclosures. At extreme right is the Sky Patrol on elevated rails. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and…

  • Four images of the solar surface, 1915 August

    Item Ref: EAP1190/1/6/8/52
    Printed label glued on back: "MOUNT WILSON SOLAR OBSERVATORY / B 25 Sun-spot Group, August 3, 5, 7 and 9, 1915, H[alpha] Hydrogen". n/a.…

  • eta Carinae (NGC 3372) region

    Item Ref: EAP1190/1/6/8/53
    Caption slip glued to photograph: "A 1[corrected in pencil with '2'].25-fold enlargement of ADH 420, a red-sensitive plate (103a-E)…

  • Large Magellanic Cloud, imaged with the Hamburg Schmidt

    Item Ref: EAP1190/1/6/8/54
    Written on back: "Hamburg Schmidt / 103a-0 / 10 min[utes]". Photo has uneven yellowish cast. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and…

  • Large Magellanic Cloud, centered on NGC 2070

    Item Ref: EAP1190/1/6/8/55
    Circular image on white background. Written on back: "Plate 1." and "Top". n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of…

  • Region around IC 2944

    Item Ref: EAP1190/1/6/8/56
    Circular image on white background. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 20cm, width 21cm. Condition of…

  • Lagoon (Messier 8) and Trifid (Messier 20) Nebulae

    Item Ref: EAP1190/1/6/8/57
    Circular high-contrast image on a black background. Written at edge (on original print): "ADH 534". PB12_0057 and PB11_0031 are…

  • 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…