Title:

36-inch refractor, the "Great Lick Refractor": view with H. D. Curtis and the Mills spectrograph

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Curtis, Heber Doust, 1872-1942 and Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Refracting telescopes, Astronomical observatories, Portraits, Astronomical instruments, and Spectrometer

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:

Refracting telescopes, Astronomical observatories, Portraits, Astronomical instruments, Spectrometer, Curtis, Heber Doust, 1872-1942, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Dr. George Otto Struve looking into the eyepiece of the 36-inch refractor

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory and Struve, Otto, 1897-1963

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Refracting telescopes, Astronomical observatories, Portraits, and Astronomical instruments

Date Created:

October 28, 1931

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:

Refracting telescopes, Astronomical observatories, Portraits, Astronomical instruments, Lick Observatory, Struve, Otto, 1897-1963, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Dr. George Otto Struve looking into the eyepiece of the 36-inch refractor

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Refracting telescopes, Astronomical observatories, Portraits, and Astronomical instruments

Date Created:

October 28, 1931

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:

Refracting telescopes, Astronomical observatories, Portraits, Astronomical instruments, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Lick Observatory staff, in a group portrait by the 36-inch refractor, the "Great Lick Refractor"

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Groups; Women astronomers

Creator:

Luyten, Willem Jacob, 1899-1994

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Moore, J. H. (Joseph Haines), 1878-1949, Lick Observatory, Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951, Tucker, R. H. (Richard Hawley), 1859-1952, Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959, and Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Women, Astronomical observatories, Portraits, and Astronomical instruments

Date Created:

1922

Description:

Seated, left to right: Mrs. Marshall, Miss Howe, Miss Powell. Standing, left to right: J.H. Moore, G. Neubauer, W.J. Luyten, R.H. Tucker, W.W. Campbell, Baker, W.H. Wright, R.G. Aitken, J.A. Pearce.

Subject:

Women, Astronomical observatories, Portraits, Astronomical instruments, Moore, J. H. (Joseph Haines), 1878-1949, Lick Observatory, Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951, Tucker, R. H. (Richard Hawley), 1859-1952, Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959, Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

36-inch refractor, the "Great Lick Refractor": detail view of mount with astronomer R.H. Tucker

Sub-Series Title:

Instruments, Lick Observatory; 36-inch Refractor

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory and Tucker, R. H. (Richard Hawley), 1859-1952

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Refracting telescopes, Astronomical observatories, Portraits, and Astronomical instruments

Date Created:

1896-12-06

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:

Refracting telescopes, Astronomical observatories, Portraits, Astronomical instruments, Lick Observatory, Tucker, R. H. (Richard Hawley), 1859-1952, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Lick Observatory: view of H. D. Curtis with the Crossley reflector

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Individuals

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Curtis, Heber Doust, 1872-1942 and Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory

Topic:

Astronomical observatories, Portraits, Reflecting telescopes, and Astronomical instruments

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:

Astronomical observatories, Portraits, Reflecting telescopes, Astronomical instruments, Curtis, Heber Doust, 1872-1942, Lick Observatory, and Lick Observatory

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Joel Stebbins, next to the 36-inch refractor

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Individuals

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Stebbins, Joel, 1878-1966 and Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Refracting telescopes, Astronomical observatories, Portraits, and Astronomical instruments

Date Created:

approximately 1927

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:

Refracting telescopes, Astronomical observatories, Portraits, Astronomical instruments, Stebbins, Joel, 1878-1966, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Mills Observatory, Chile station of the Lick Observatory: H. D. Curtis with the 37-inch reflector

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Individuals

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Curtis, Heber Doust, 1872-1942, D. O. Mills Observatory, and Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory and Cerro San Cristóbal

Topic:

Astronomical observatories, Portraits, Reflecting telescopes, and Astronomical instruments

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:

Astronomical observatories, Portraits, Reflecting telescopes, Astronomical instruments, Curtis, Heber Doust, 1872-1942, D. O. Mills Observatory, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Cerro San Cristóbal

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Joel Stebbins, as a UC Berkeley doctoral student, by the 36-inch refractor

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Individuals

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Stebbins, Joel, 1878-1966 and Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Refracting telescopes, Astronomical observatories, Portraits, and Astronomical instruments

Date Created:

approximately 1902

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:

Refracting telescopes, Astronomical observatories, Portraits, Astronomical instruments, Stebbins, Joel, 1878-1966, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

E. E. Barnard, at the eye-end of the 36-inch refractor

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Individuals

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory and Barnard, Edward Emerson, 1857-1923

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Refracting telescopes, Astronomical observatories, Portraits, and Astronomical instruments

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:

Refracting telescopes, Astronomical observatories, Portraits, Astronomical instruments, Lick Observatory, Barnard, Edward Emerson, 1857-1923, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

36-inch refractor, the "Great Lick Refractor": detail view of mount with astronomer A.L. Colton

Sub-Series Title:

Individuals

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory and Colton, Allen Lysander, 1857-

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Refracting telescopes, Astronomical observatories, Portraits, and Astronomical instruments

Date Created:

December 5, 1893

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:

Refracting telescopes, Astronomical observatories, Portraits, Astronomical instruments, Lick Observatory, Colton, Allen Lysander, 1857-, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36