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Title supplied by cataloger. Photograph caption dated October 26, 1961 reads, "Beginning at 7 p.m. next Wednesday (October 4), Griffith Park Observatory planetarium theater will host a series of 10 weekly, 'Everyday Astronomy' lectures. The Wednesday-evening discussions-demonstrations will cover a wide range of subjects, including the Milky Way, the telescope and what it reveals, the seasons, the stars compared to the sun, and the moon. Above Dr. Clarence H. Cleminshaw, the Observatory's director, at his desk preparing an 'Everyday Astronomy' lecture."
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Cleminshaw, Clarence H.--(Clarence Higbee),--1902- Griffith Observatory Griffith Observatory--Officials and employees Observatories--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Astronomers--United States Books--California--Los Angeles Bookcases--California--Los Angeles Maps Compasses (Mathematical instruments) Rulers (Instruments)--California--Los Angeles Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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