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Ceremony at the Griffith Observatory, perhaps the opening and dedication, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Ceremony at the Griffith Observatory, perhaps the opening and dedication, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: 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.
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.
View of a ceremony at the Griffith Observatory, perhaps the opening and dedication, with portable wooden benches set up in front of the observatory. Officials stand in front of the art deco bronze entrance before a small audience. The concrete area in front of the Observatory has not been landscaped yet in this image.
Text from negative sleeve: Text from negative sleeve: L.A. Parks, Griffith - observatory
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_6075
ark:/21198/zz002cw737
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Building dedications--California--Los Angeles
Astronomical observatories--California--Los Angeles
Planetaria--California--Los Angeles
Griffith Observatory
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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