Maxwell K. Baughman looking through the Zeiss refracting telescope at the Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, 1934-1935
Item Overview
- Title
- Maxwell K. Baughman looking through the Zeiss refracting telescope at the Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, 1934-1935
- Architect
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Ashley, Frederick M., 1887-1963
Austin, John C. W. (John Corneby Wilson), 1870-1963 - Date Created
- 1934-1935
- Date
- 1934/1935
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Times
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notes
- Description
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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. - Caption
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Handwritten on negative: Maxwell K. Baughman
Text from negative sleeve: L.A. parks, Griffith - observatory
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
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cellulose nitrate film
news photographs - Names
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Griffith Observatory
Baughman, Maxwell Keith, 1906-1947 - Location
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Longitude
- 34.11811560928540
- Latitude
- -118.30031991004900
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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Science
Astronomical observatories--California--Los Angeles
Telescopes--California--Los Angeles
Television actors and actresses--California--Los Angeles
Culture
Planetaria--California--Los Angeles
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- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1429_6064
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002cw6q2
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Rights contact
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- Rights Holder
- The Regents of the University of California
- Rights Country
- US
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
- License
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .