Griffith Observatory, exterior view of the south face during construction, Los Angeles, circa 1934-1935
Item Overview
- Title
- Griffith Observatory, exterior view of the south face during construction, Los Angeles, circa 1934-1935
- Architect
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Ashley, Frederick M., 1887-1963
Austin, John C. W. (John Corneby Wilson), 1870-1963 - Date Created
- [circa 1934-1935]
- Date
- 1934/1935
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Times
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notes
- Description
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The Griffith Observatory was created using a design developed by architects John C. Austin and Frederick M. Ashley based on preliminary sketches by Russell W. Porter.
Exterior view of the Griffith Observatory during construction with the skeleton of steel girders of the three domes visible. At the base of the central dome wooden supports for concrete molds for the pilaster finials are visible as well. The original concrete surface is visible; consistent with other similar architecture of the day, the Observatory's concrete walls were left unpainted in the 1930s and 1940s.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
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news photographs
cellulose nitrate film - Names
- Griffith Observatory
- Location
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Longitude
- 34.11760488001690
- Latitude
- -118.30003023147600
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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Education
Landmarks
Astronomical observatories--California--Los Angeles
Science
Planetaria--California--Los Angeles
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1429_6082
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002cw7bv
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Rights contact
- UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
- Rights Holder
- The Regents of the University of California
- Rights Country
- US
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
- License
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .