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 end of the building. The first plate with this instrument was taken 1928 October. Two roof support pillars of the 10-inch Metcalf are visible on the left. In the midground are two roughly circular circles of rocks. In the background the Modder River is visible. LSB04_0004 and PLB35_0025 are derivatives. Date from lantern slide. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. Condition of original material: Stable. Author(s)/Creator(s): English. Scribe(s): Latin. Publisher(s): Left-to-Right. Editor(s): Unrestricted. Volume number: N/a. Original institution reference: PLB35_13_2083.
The 3-inch Ross-Fecker Camera with open roof, 1931
Item details
Creation date:
1891-1994
Content type:
Photograph
Originals information:
The original material is located in Boyden Observatory, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Reference:
EAP1190/1/7/18/25
Level:
Item
Extent:
1
Digitisation date:
2019
Legal:
This item is part of
- Project EAP1190:
- Collection EAP1190/1:
- Collection EAP1190/1/7:
- File EAP1190/1/7/18:
- Item EAP1190/1/7/18/25:
