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. Exterior view of the south face of the west telescope dome during landscaping and the final phase of construction with wheel barrows at the base of the tower beneath the exterior staircase to the roof. The original concrete surface is visible; consistent with other similar architecture of the day, the Observatory's concrete walls were left unpainted in the 1930s and 1940s. 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: Griffith Observatory Text from negative sleeve: L.A. Parks, Griffith - observatory
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6068 ark:/21198/zz002cw6v4
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Science Astronomical observatories--California--Los Angeles Education Landmarks Planetaria--California--Los Angeles Government Griffith Observatory
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