Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes. In 1896, Griffith J. Griffith donated over 3000 acres of Rancho Los Felis to the City of Los Angeles to create a public park in his name. In 1912 he offered the city $100,000 for an observatory to be built on the top of Mount Hollywood. Designed by architects John C. Austin and Frederick M. Ashley, Griffith Observatory (2800 East Observatory Road) was completed in 1935. In 1976 the observatory was declared Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #168. In 1997 the Department of Recreation and Parks hired project architect Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates (now Pfeiffer Partners, Inc.) and associate architect Levin & Associates Architects to design a major renovation and expansion project for the observatory, which was completed in 2006. Griffith Park was declared Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #942 in 2009. Photograph caption dated February 14, 1953 reads, "This display shows the comparative size of all the planets. Earth is the small model directly beneath the large one on the left, which is Jupiter. The exhibits in the observatory are atrracting many scientific students. They provide great instructive and entertainment value to the visitors."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Griffith Observatory Museum exhibits--California--Los Angeles Observatories--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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