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Title
Exterior view of the Griffith Park Observatory showing three teenage boys hiking on a trail nearby, 1930-1950
Date Created and/or Issued
1930/1950
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of the Griffith Park Observatory showing three teenage boys hiking on a trail nearby, 1930-1950. The observatory is on a hill at right. It is a light-colored building with three large domes on the roof. Small rectangular windows can be seen around the perimeter of the main building. The hill below the building is covered with an assortment of trees and bushes. A narrow dirt trail can be seen in the foreground at left, and three boys are visible walking a dark-colored dog. Photoprint reads "A favorite hike for youngsters as well as adults is to Griffith Observatory".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2437
USC-0-1-1-2498 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-33174
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2437
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-33174.jpg
Subject
Griffith Observatory
Observatories--Griffith Observatory
Parks
Architecture
Buildings
Observatories
Hiking
Research facilities
Time Period
1930/1950
Place
California
Griffith Park
Los Angeles
USA
Source
33174 [Accession number]
CHS-33174 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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