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Description:: 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.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: 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.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: View of Robert A. Millikan speaking at the dedication of the Griffith Observatory. Millikan is standing at a podium in front of the art deco bronze panels at the entrance to the observatory. The ornament on the panels features planetarium-themed motifs. At this time Millikan was Chair of the Executive Council at Caltech.
Date:: May 14, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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