Astronomers Monument at the nearly completed Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, 1934

Item Overview

Title

Astronomers Monument at the nearly completed Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, 1934

Date Created

November 25, 1934

Date

1934-11-25

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

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.
Photograph of the Astronomers Monument at the nearly completed Griffith Observatory; the ground is bare dirt, indicating that the landscaping had not been completed. A crowd is gathered around the monument on portable wooden benches with a flag-covered speakers' stand next to the flag pole.
Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Park Statue Given Public: Two Thousand at Dedication: Shaft Near Planetarium on Griffith Grounds Honors Astronomers," 26 Nov. 1934: A3.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles City ["City" crossed out] Parks, Griffith Park, Arts Science Monument

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Griffith Observatory
Public Works of Art Project (U.S.)

Longitude

34.11899938568950

Latitude

-118.30038160085700

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Sculpture--California--Los Angeles
Astronomers Monument (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Public sculpture--California--Los Angeles