Detroit Observatory / BL001678
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Record Details
- Title
- Detroit Observatory
- Date
- 1854/1868 (ca.)
- Collection Title
- University of Michigan Photographs Vertical File
- Collection Creator
- Bentley Historical Library (collector)
- Folder / Container / Volume
- UBImusD13. Folder: Campus Buildings. Observatory. 1854-1868 (Original building). no. 255
- Photographer / Artist
- Palmer, R. D.
- 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." Known at various times as Detroit Observatory, Campus Observatory, Old Observatory.
- Image derived from painting of Detroit Observatory by J. A. Cropsey. Color negs: 1479 and 148.
- On verso: "R. D. Palmer, Photographer and Portrait Painter, Huron Street, East of Cook's Hotel. Ann Arbor, Mich."
- Subjects
- Detroit Observatory (University of Michigan)
- University of Michigan--Buildings
- Astronomical observatories--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Universities & colleges--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Genre
- Cartes-de-visite;
- Item Number
- BL001678
- Finding Aid
- umich-bhl-92147
- Source of Title
- supplied
- Scan Source
- Albumen cartes-de-visite
- Repository
- Bentley Historical Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2013-11-22 00:53:17
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2287 x 4800
- File Size
- 827 KB
- Record
- BL001678
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-bl001678/bl001678
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"Detroit Observatory; BL001678." In the digital collection Bentley Historical Library: Bentley Image Bank. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-bl001678/bl001678. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.