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Title
Griffith Observatory and Planetarium
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1935
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
The Griffith Observatory and the main building, the planetarium, are seen from below. The center section is the planetarium. The two small domes on each side contain separate telescopes. The hillside below it does not yet look like it has been landscaped. View is from the southeast. The observatory was completed in 1935. Architects: John C. Austin and Frederick M. Ashley.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00010338
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
S-001-505.70 4x5; L.A.-Parks-Griffith Observatory.
CARL0000012280
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/88095
Subject
Griffith Observatory
Observatories--California--Los Angeles
Austin, John C. W.(John Corneby Wilson),1870-1963
Ashley, Frederick M
Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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