View of Detroit Observatory grounds from southeast, including Student Observatory, March 31, 1888 / HS909
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- Title
- View of Detroit Observatory grounds from southeast, including Student Observatory, March 31, 1888
- Date
- 18880331
- Collection Title
- University of Michigan Photographs Vertical File
- Collection Creator
- Bentley Historical Library (collector)
- Folder / Container / Volume
- Folder: (UBImusD13) 292
- Photographer / Artist
- Allen Lysander Colton (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
- Notes
- Richard Harrison Bull, architect. Detroit Observatory 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." 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.
- Image attributed to Allen Lysander Colton.
- Subjects
- Detroit Observatory (University of Michigan)
- Students' Observatory (University of Michigan)
- University of Michigan--Buildings--1881-1890
- Astronomical observatories--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Universities & colleges--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Item Number
- HS909
- Finding Aid
- umich-bhl-92147
- Scan Source
- Photo Print
- Repository
- Bentley Historical Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2016-03-12 03:58:35
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- 4873 x 3487
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- HS909
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-hs909/hs909
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"View of Detroit Observatory grounds from southeast, including Student Observatory, March 31, 1888; HS909." In the digital collection Bentley Historical Library: Bentley Image Bank. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-hs909/hs909. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 02, 2024.