Title:

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

Sub-Series Title:

Astronomer Portraits

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 7: Photographs

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:

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:

Mount Hamilton in 1878: group of men with the Santa Clara Tannery Excursion

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Portraits

Date Created:

July 7, 1878

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:

Portraits, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Portrait of an unidentified astronomer, "a gentleman of the old school"

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Portraits

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:

Portraits, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Two of Robert G. Aitken's grandchildren

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Individuals

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Interior decoration, Portraits, Dolls, Children, and Architecture, Domestic

Date Created:

December 1922

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:

Interior decoration, Portraits, Dolls, Children, Architecture, Domestic, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Robert J. Trumpler

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Individuals

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory and Trumpler, Robert J. (Robert Julius), 1886-1956

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Portraits

Date Created:

September 1923

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:

Portraits, Lick Observatory, Trumpler, Robert J. (Robert Julius), 1886-1956, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Two grandchildren of R. G. Aitken

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Individuals

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory and Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Interior decoration, Portraits, Dolls, Children, and Architecture, Domestic

Date Created:

December 1922

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:

Interior decoration, Portraits, Dolls, Children, Architecture, Domestic, Lick Observatory, Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Residents of Mount Hamilton on the steps of the observatory entrance

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Groups

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Astronomical observatories, Portraits, and Children

Date Created:

1898

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, Children, 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:

James Lick portrait medallion

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Individuals

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory and Lick, James, 1796-1876

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Astronomical observatories and Portraits

Date Created:

December 7, 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:

Astronomical observatories, Portraits, Lick Observatory, Lick, James, 1796-1876, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Lick Observatory staff (men and women) in a group portrait

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Groups; Women astronomers

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Portraits

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:

Portraits, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Lick Observatory staff (men and women) in a group portrait

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Groups; Women astronomers

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Portraits

Date Created:

1906

Description:

Standing, left to right: Adelaide Hobe, Kevin Burns, James Maddrill, Joseph H. Moore, Mrs. Frederica Moore. Seated, left to right: Elliott Smith, Margaret Lawrence, Sebastian Albrecht, Harold Palmer.

Subject:

Portraits, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Residents of Mount Hamilton on the steps of the observatory entrance

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Groups

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Astronomical observatories, Portraits, and Children

Date Created:

1898

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, Children, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

James E. Keeler, director of the Lick Observatory (1898-1900)

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Individuals

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory and Keeler, James Edward, 1857-1900

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Portraits

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:

Portraits, Lick Observatory, Keeler, James Edward, 1857-1900, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Heber D. Curtis, astronomer with the Lick Observatory from 1902 to 1920

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 and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Portraits

Date Created:

May 31, 1914

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:

Portraits, Curtis, Heber Doust, 1872-1942, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Heber D. Curtis, astronomer with the Lick Observatory from 1902 to 1920

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 and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Portraits

Date Created:

May 31, 1914

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:

Portraits, Curtis, Heber Doust, 1872-1942, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

William Wallace Campbell, director of the Lick Observatory from 1900 to 1930

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Individuals

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory and Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Portraits

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:

Portraits, Lick Observatory, Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Robert Aitken, W.W. Campbell, and an unidentified man

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Groups

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory, Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938, and Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Portraits

Date Created:

1922

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:

Portraits, Lick Observatory, Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938, Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Robert Aitken, W.W. Campbell, and an unidentified man

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Groups

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory, Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938, and Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Portraits

Date Created:

1922

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:

Portraits, Lick Observatory, Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938, Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951, 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:

Robert Aitken's granddaughter

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Individuals

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Portraits

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:

Portraits, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Robert Aitken's granddaughter

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Individuals

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Portraits

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:

Portraits, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36