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Title
William Frederickson, Charles Yeager and Dr. C. H. Cleminshaw standing before Griffith Park Observatory's new planetarium projector, Los Angeles, 1964
Date Created and/or Issued
April 5, 1964
1964-04-05
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
William Frederickson Jr. was general manager of Los Angeles Dept. of Recreation and Parks. Dr. C.H. Cleminshaw was director of Griffith Observatory. The projector was built by the German company Carl Zeiss.
SPACE PROJECTOR-William Frederickson, Col. Charles Yeager and Dr. C. H. Cleminshaw, left to right, inspect $140,000 project installed at Griffith Park Observatory. Projector will provide sharper picture for observatory space tours.
Type
image
Format
b&w negative
Identifier
uclalat_1429_b524_223649
ark:/21198/zz0002s35h
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Science
Projectors--California--Los Angeles
People
Planetariums--California--Los Angeles
Test pilots--California
Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Yeager, Chuck, 1923-
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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