Archival records from Endangered Records in the Boyden Observatory Archive (EAP1190-1)
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Boyden Photo Box 03: Telescopes and people of Boyden Observatory, early 20th century
Views of the 60-inch Rockefeller, ADH Telescope, 24-inch Bruce Telescope, and 8-inch Bache enclosure. Several unknown telescopes (not from Boyden)…
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Boyden Photo Box 04: Arrival of the ADH Telescope
Majority of images concern the ADH Telescope: it's arrival at Bloemfontein railway station, Bart and Priscilla Bok at the station, and…
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Boyden Photo Box 05: Telescopes and buildings at Boyden Observatory
Images of the 10-inch Metcalf and camera, 16-inch Nishimura Cassegrain, the 16-inch telescope, the 60-inch, and the coelostat (from inside the…
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Boyden Photo Box 10: Telescopes and buildings at Boyden Observatory
Views of Boyden Observatory telescopes (3-inch Camera building, 10-inch Metcalf, 13-inch and ADH Telescopes, 60-inch Rockefeller Telescope, and…
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Boyden Photo Box 11: People, telescopes and buildings at Boyden Observatory, and celestial objects
Images of telescopes (ADH, the 60-inch with photometer, and the coelostat), buildings (several aerial views, the construction of the aluminising…
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Boyden Photo Box 12: Telescopes, buildings, observatory terrain, people, and celestial objects
Telescopes (ADH, 60-inch Rockefeller and observer platform, enclosure construction, engine shed construction), buildings (aluminising tank and…
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Boyden Photo Box 13: Telescopes, site construction, and buildings of Boyden Observatory
Scenes from Arequipa, steam wagons carting the 60-inch telescope parts (1930 June), the 60-inch observer gallery being unloaded (1930s),…
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Boyden Photo Box 14: Aerial views of Boyden Observatory, the 60-inch telescope, and celestial objects
Aerial views (1932, 1960s), the 60-inch Rockefeller Telescope and its mirror in a vacuum chamber, and several astronomical objects (bright nebulae…
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Boyden Photo Box 15: People, early site construction, telescopes, buildings, and astronomical objects
People (group photo, and a portrait of Alexander William Roberts), early site construction (3 steam wagons carting crates to the Observatory site…
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Boyden Plate Box 2: Boyden Observatory Residence
A collection of images of the Boyden Observatory terrain, many featuring the Director's Residence (the house traditionally occupied by the…
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Boyden Plate Box 3: Cloudscapes and landscapes (Set 3)
A collection of images of the Boyden Observatory terrain and surroundings. The sky, with cloud, is prominently featured in each image. All the…
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Boyden Plate Box 7: Scenes from Western Cape, and a girl in a garden
Written in faded pencil on the plate box in which the images were found is "Cape +" and "[Offens]". Several images show outdoor…
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Boyden Plate Box 9: Cloudscapes and landscapes (Set 2)
A collection of images of the Boyden Observatory terrain and surroundings. The sky, with cloud, is prominently featured in each image. All the…
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Boyden Plate Box 11: Total lunar eclipse (1946 June 14) and Michiel Bester with Sky Patrol telescope
A series of images of the Moon undergoing a total lunar eclipse, on 14 Jun 1946, photographed with the 13-inch Boyden Refractor. A faded pencilled…
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Boyden Plate Box 12: Boyden Observatory and surroundings
A collection of images of the Boyden Observatory terrain and surroundings. The sky, with cloud, is prominently featured in each image. All the…
