Title:

Conservatory of Flowers, purchased from the estate of James Lick in 1877, erected in Golden Gate Park in 1878-1879

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick, James, 1796-1876

Place:

Golden Gate Park

Topic:

Gardens, Horticulture, Landscape architecture, Conservatories, and Greenhouses

Description:

The Lick Observatory Archive documents one of the most historically important observatories in the world, and is a unique resource for the study of the history of modern astronomy. The digital collection contains digitized historical photographs from Series 6 and 7 of the larger collection and includes portraits of astronomers, telescope and lens makers and other prominent scientists, scenes of life at the observatory on Mount Hamilton, instruments, and documentation of expeditions. The physical archive includes records beginning in 1870 describing the founding construction and operation of the observatory, and documenting aspects of the early astronomical ambitions and achievements of its founders. Correspondence, copybooks, drawings, diaries and logs, and the personal papers of resident and visiting astronomers make up a large portion of the Archive.

Subject:

Gardens, Horticulture, Landscape architecture, Conservatories, Greenhouses, Lick, James, 1796-1876, and Golden Gate Park

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Stanford University, Cactus Garden (now the Arizona Garden)

Sub-Series Title:

Locations, General; Instruments, General

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Stanford University

Place:

Stanford

Topic:

Gardens, Universities and colleges, Landscape design, and Cactus

Date Created:

March 5, 1894

Description:

The Lick Observatory Archive documents one of the most historically important observatories in the world, and is a unique resource for the study of the history of modern astronomy. The digital collection contains digitized historical photographs from Series 6 and 7 of the larger collection and includes portraits of astronomers, telescope and lens makers and other prominent scientists, scenes of life at the observatory on Mount Hamilton, instruments, and documentation of expeditions. The physical archive includes records beginning in 1870 describing the founding construction and operation of the observatory, and documenting aspects of the early astronomical ambitions and achievements of its founders. Correspondence, copybooks, drawings, diaries and logs, and the personal papers of resident and visiting astronomers make up a large portion of the Archive.

Subject:

Gardens, Universities and colleges, Landscape design, Cactus, Stanford University, and Stanford

Call Number:

UA 36