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Title
Observatory in Griffith Park
Alternative Title
Works Progress Administration Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1939
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
Exterior view of telescope housing (dome) of the Griffith Park observatory. December 13, 1939 appears on back of the photo. The style is classical moderne. Built in 1935. Architects: John C. Austin and Frederick M. Ashley.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00010361
Works Progress Administration Collection
WPA (8123); L.A.-Parks-Griffith Observatory.
CARL0000012201
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/84280
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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