Dr. Philip Fox, interim director of the Griffith Observatory and Dr. W. F. Meyer, who had just been named associate director of the Observatory pose next to the Zeiss refracting telescope in the east dome. Other men can be seen below them.
Dinsmore Alter, Director of the Griffith Observatory, talks to a group of Boy Scouts from Arizona. They are next to the Zeiss refracting telescope in the east dome of the newly constructed observatory.
ANSWER:Naturally, you'll see stars there--it's the entrance to the Griffith Observatory and Planetarium high atop the Los Feliz Hills. That big dome in the background should've been a cinch clue
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.