Observatory / BL004508
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Record Details
- Title
- Observatory
- Date
- 18870615
- Collection Title
- University of Michigan Photographs Vertical File
- Collection Creator
- Bentley Historical Library (collector)
- Folder / Container / Volume
- UBImusD13. Folder: Campus Buildings. Students' Observatory. no. 292
- Photographer / Artist
- Allen Lysander Colton (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
- Notes
- The Students' Observatory was erected in 1878. It was located to the south of the Detroit Observatory. In 1908, it was moved to a different location to make room for construction of the east wing of the Detroit Observatory.
- Handwritten on verso: "Building which housed transit instrument and other instruments which are now in the Angell Hall Domes." Also on verso: "by A.L. Colton."
- Subjects
- Students' Observatory (University of Michigan)
- University of Michigan--Buildings--1881-1890
- Astronomical observatories--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Fences--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Universities & colleges--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Genre
- Albumen prints;
- Item Number
- BL004508
- Finding Aid
- umich-bhl-92147
- Source of Title
- verso
- Scan Source
- 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 mounted photographic print
- Repository
- Bentley Historical Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2012-11-25 01:25:44
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 7125 x 4800
- File Size
- 4 MB
- Record
- BL004508
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-bl004508/bl004508
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