Construction of the 60-inch building, seen from the south-west looking squarely at the entrance. The wall trusses of the turret are complete. Evenly-spaced slender vertical bars cover the outside of the walls, with insets for windows. The curtain wall around the entrance courtyard is complete, with capstones. The two ancillary buildings next to the turret are in place, and their roofs are tiled. A "RANSOME" machine is visible at the left edge of the frame. No people are shown. Near the centre in the foreground is a dog (bulldog?). PLB36_0015 and PB13_0027 are derivatives. PB13_0014 and PB13_0027 are duplicates. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 18cm, width 30cm. Condition of original material: Marked damage (foxing, tear, piece missing, creased, folded, edge damage). Author(s)/Creator(s): English. Scribe(s): Latin. Publisher(s): Left-to-Right. Editor(s): Unrestricted. Volume number: N/a. Original institution reference: PB13_P0546.
Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building
Item details
Creation date:
1891-1994
Content type:
Photograph
Originals information:
The original material is located in Boyden Observatory, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Reference:
EAP1190/1/6/9/27
Level:
Item
Extent:
1
Digitisation date:
2019
Legal:
This item is part of
- Project EAP1190:
- Collection EAP1190/1:
- Collection EAP1190/1/6:
- File EAP1190/1/6/9:
- Item EAP1190/1/6/9/27:
