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. The Astronomer’s Monument honors 6 great astronomers: Hipparchus, Nicolas Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton, and William Herschel. It was a U. S. Treasury Department's Public Works of Art Project (PWAP). Designed by Archibald Garner, the art deco style monument it was executed in cast stone by Garner and 5 other sculptors: Gordon Newell, Djey El Djey (a.k.a. Djey Owens), George Stanley, Roger Noble Burnham, and Arnold Foerster. View of the newly completed Astronomers Monument with 3 girls writing on the base with white chalk as 2 others watch. The new Griffith Observatory is in the background and the area in front of the Observatory is strewn with boards, gravel and other construction debris. Four adults and three automobiles are near the Observatory. Text from negative sleeve: L.A. Parks, Griffith - observatory
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6078 ark:/21198/zz002cw76s
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Astronomers Monument (Los Angeles, Calif.) Science Culture Landmarks Astronomical observatories--California--Los Angeles Planetaria--California--Los Angeles Sculpture--California--Los Angeles Education Public sculpture--California--Los Angeles Public Works of Art Project (U.S.) Griffith Observatory
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