University of Michigan Observatory: original edifice / BL001680
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- Title
- University of Michigan Observatory: original edifice
- Date
- 1858 (ca.)
- Collection Title
- University of Michigan Photographs Vertical File
- Collection Creator
- Bentley Historical Library (collector)
- Folder / Container / Volume
- UBImusD13. Folder: Campus Buildings. Campus Buildings. Observatory. 1854-1868 (Original building). no. 255
- 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.
- Earliest known photograph of the observatory. The man in the photo may be Franz Brunnow and the dog may be Henry Tappan's dog Leo (Source: A Creation of His Own: Tappan's Detroit Observatory by Patricia S. Whitesell).
- Subjects
- Detroit Observatory (University of Michigan)
- University of Michigan--Buildings--1851-1860
- Astronomical observatories--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Universities & colleges--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Item Number
- BL001680
- Finding Aid
- umich-bhl-92147
- Source of Title
- supplied
- Scan Source
- 5 x 7 (trimmed to dome shape and mounted on paper) photographic print
- Repository
- Bentley Historical Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2012-11-25 01:05:19
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- Image Size
- 6830 x 4800
- File Size
- 4 MB
- Record
- BL001680
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-bl001680/bl001680
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"University of Michigan Observatory: original edifice; BL001680." In the digital collection Bentley Historical Library: Bentley Image Bank. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-bl001680/bl001680. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.