Title:

Lick Observatory: hall of the Main Building

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

Place:

Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Light boxes, Interior architecture, Telegraph, Lantern slides, Telephone, and Electric lighting, Incandescent

Date Created:

approximately 1920

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:

Light boxes, Interior architecture, Telegraph, Lantern slides, Telephone, Electric lighting, Incandescent, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36 and Box 11

Title:

Lick Observatory: hall of the Main Building

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

Place:

Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Light boxes, Electric lighting, Incandescent, Telegraph, Lantern slides, Telephone, and Interior architecture

Date Created:

approximately 1920

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:

Light boxes, Electric lighting, Incandescent, Telegraph, Lantern slides, Telephone, Interior architecture, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36 and Box 11

Title:

Lick Observatory: hall of the Main Building

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

Place:

Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Light boxes, Electric lighting, Incandescent, Telegraph, Lantern slides, Telephone, and Interior architecture

Date Created:

approximately 1920

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:

Light boxes, Electric lighting, Incandescent, Telegraph, Lantern slides, Telephone, Interior architecture, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36 and Box 11

Title:

Lick Observatory, Main Building: interior view of the hall, with instruments and framed photographs

Sub-Series Title:

Interior views

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

Place:

Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Light boxes, Electric lighting, Incandescent, Telegraph, Lantern slides, Telephone, and Interior architecture

Date Created:

1900-1907

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:

Light boxes, Electric lighting, Incandescent, Telegraph, Lantern slides, Telephone, Interior architecture, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36 and Box 34

Title:

Lick Observatory, Main Building: interior view of the hall, with instruments and framed photographs

Sub-Series Title:

Interior views

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

Place:

Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Light boxes, Electric lighting, Incandescent, Telegraph, Lantern slides, Telephone, and Interior architecture

Date Created:

1900-1907

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:

Light boxes, Electric lighting, Incandescent, Telegraph, Lantern slides, Telephone, Interior architecture, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36