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Title: Pendulum, Griffith Observatory
Alternative Title: Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Creator: Starrett, R.M
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
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Description: Three men gaze at the Foucault pendulum in the foyer of the Griffith Observatory. The pendulum demonstrates the rotation of the earth. Photograph marked with number K5382-37, by R. M. Starrett. The observatory was build in 1935. Architects: John C. Austin and Frederick M. Ashley.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00010269
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Parks-Griffith Observatory.
CARL0000012508
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/84516
Subject: Griffith Observatory
Observatories--California--Los Angeles
Public architecture--California--Los Angeles
Austin, John C. W.(John Corneby Wilson),1870-1963
Ashley, Frederick M
Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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