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:

James Lick: portrait

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick, James, 1796-1876

Place:

Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Painting and 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:

Painting, Portraits, Lick, James, 1796-1876, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36 and Box 35

Title:

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

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Curtis, Heber Doust, 1872-1942

Place:

Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Refracting telescopes and Portraits

Date Created:

approximately 1906

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

Call Number:

UA 36 and Box 35

Title:

Mount Hamilton Road: visitors on a stage coach

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

Place:

Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Landscapes, Portraits, Stagecoaches, Stagecoach lines, and Landscape photography

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:

Landscapes, Portraits, Stagecoaches, Stagecoach lines, Landscape photography, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36 and Box 11

Title:

Mount Hamilton: mountains, cabins, and pines

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

Place:

Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Landscapes, Portraits, Dwellings, Buildings, and Landscape photography

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:

Landscapes, Portraits, Dwellings, Buildings, Landscape photography, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36 and Box 11

Title:

H.D. Curtis

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Individuals

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Curtis, Heber Doust, 1872-1942

Place:

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, 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:

James Lick

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Individuals

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick, James, 1796-1876

Place:

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, James, 1796-1876, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

S. W. Burnham, astronomer at the Lick Observatory 1888-1892

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Individuals

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Burnham, S. W. (Sherburne Wesley), 1838-1921

Place:

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, Burnham, S. W. (Sherburne Wesley), 1838-1921, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Karl Gauss

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

Place:

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 and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Carl Friedrich Gauss: portrait print, after the painting by Christian Albrecht Jensen

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Gauss, Carl Friedrich, 1777-1855

Place:

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, Gauss, Carl Friedrich, 1777-1855, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Alvan Clark (center), and his sons, Alvan Graham Clark and George Bassett Clark

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Clark, Alvan Graham, 1832-1897, Clark, George Bassett, 1827-1891, and Clark, Alvan, 1804-1887

Place:

Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Portraits

Date Created:

Before 1887

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, Clark, Alvan Graham, 1832-1897, Clark, George Bassett, 1827-1891, Clark, Alvan, 1804-1887, 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