Rear of Detroit Observatory, 1930s? / HS964

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Title: Rear of Detroit Observatory, 1930s?
Date: 1930s
Collection Title: Ivory Photo photograph collection
Collection Creator: Ivory Photo (Firm)
Box / Drawer: 27
Folder / Container / Volume: Buildings - Observatory
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."
Subjects: Observatory (University of Michigan); University of Michigan--Buildings--1931-1940; Astronomical observatories--Michigan--Ann Arbor; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Ann Arbor
Item Number: HS964
Finding Aid: umich-bhl-92324
Scan Source: Original Neg
Repository: Bentley Historical Library
Date Added/Updated: 2016-03-15 01:18:33

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Collection: Bentley Historical Library: Bentley Image Bank
Image Size: 2740 x 3878
File Size: 632 KB
Record: HS964
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-hs964/hs964

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