Title:

36-inch refractor, the "Great Lick Refractor": view 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, and Astronomical instruments

Date Created:

November 22, 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, Astronomical instruments, Lick Observatory, Tucker, R. H. (Richard Hawley), 1859-1952, 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 staff (men and women) in a group photograph

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Groups; Women astronomers

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Hobe, Adelaide M., Duncan, John Charles, 1882-1967, Newkirk, Burt L., 1876-1964, Sanford, Roscoe F. (Roscoe Frank), 1883-1958, Chant, Clarence Augustus, 1865-, Lick Observatory, Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951, Moore, Frederica Chase, Perrine, Charles D., 1867-1951, Turner, Arthur Bertram, 1872-, Fath, Edward Arthur, 1880-1959, Albrecht, Sebastian, 1876-, Tucker, R. H. (Richard Hawley), 1859-1952, Burns, Kevin, 1881-1958, Moore, J. H. (Joseph Haines), 1878-1949, and Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Portraits

Description:

Back row: unidentified, Robert Aitken, J. H. Moore, John C. Duncan, Edward A. Fath, Arthur B. Turner, Roscoe F. Sanford, C. D. Perrine, Kevin Burns. Middle row: W. W. Campbell, Mrs. Frederica Chase Moore, Mrs. Duncan, Miss Hobe, R. H. Tucker. Front row: B. L. Newkirk, Clarence Chant, Sebastian Albrecht.

Subject:

Portraits, Hobe, Adelaide M., Duncan, John Charles, 1882-1967, Newkirk, Burt L., 1876-1964, Sanford, Roscoe F. (Roscoe Frank), 1883-1958, Chant, Clarence Augustus, 1865-, Lick Observatory, Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951, Moore, Frederica Chase, Perrine, Charles D., 1867-1951, Turner, Arthur Bertram, 1872-, Fath, Edward Arthur, 1880-1959, Albrecht, Sebastian, 1876-, Tucker, R. H. (Richard Hawley), 1859-1952, Burns, Kevin, 1881-1958, Moore, J. H. (Joseph Haines), 1878-1949, Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36