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$Maxwell K. Baughman looking through the Zeiss refracting telescope at the Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, 1934-1935$

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Title: Maxwell K. Baughman looking through the Zeiss refracting telescope at the Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, 1934-1935
Contributor: Ashley, Frederick M., 1887-1963
Austin, John C. W. (John Corneby Wilson), 1870-1963
Date Created and/or Issued: 1934-1935
1934/1935
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: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
View of Maxwell K. Baughman looking through the twelve-inch (305 mm) Zeiss refracting telescope in the east dome of the newly constructed Griffith Observatory. Baughman, a technician at the Griffith Planetarium, worked with Paul Lange, a planetarium expert from Jena Germany, to install the telescope from September 1934 to January 1935.
The Griffith Observatory was created using a design developed by architects John C. Austin and Frederick M. Ashley based on preliminary sketches by Russell W. Porter.
Handwritten on negative: Maxwell K. Baughman
Text from negative sleeve: L.A. parks, Griffith - observatory
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_6064
ark:/21198/zz002cw6q2
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Science
Astronomical observatories--California--Los Angeles
Telescopes--California--Los Angeles
Television actors and actresses--California--Los Angeles
Culture
Planetaria--California--Los Angeles
Griffith Observatory
Baughman, Maxwell Keith, 1906-1947
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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