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Title
Observatory
Date
1881
Collection Title
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor / drawn by A. Ruger.
Collection Creator
Ruger, A.
Folder / Container / Volume
UAl
Notes
Richard Harrison Bull, architect. Building completed in the summer of 1854. Residence wing for the director added in 1868, expanded in 1905-1906, and finally removed to facilitate the enlargement of Couzens Hall in 1954. East wing, with a larger dome and a more powerful telescope, begun in 1908 and completed in 1909; torn down in 1976. Named "The Detroit Observatory of the University of Michigan" until 1931 when it was changed to "The Observatory of the University of Michigan." In 1999, the name was officially changed to "The University of Michigan Detroit Observatory."
Image shows view of Detroit Observatory from the northwest (University of Michigan).
Publication information: Madison Wis.: J. J. Stoner, 1881.
Genre
Lithographs;
Item Number
BL000080
Source of Title
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Scan Source
4x5 b/w copy neg
Repository
Bentley Historical Library
Date Added/Updated
2013-11-22 00:41:30

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3380 x 2979
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Record
BL000080
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