Dr. Frederick C. Leonard speaks at the dedication ceremony for the Astronomers Monument at Griffith Park, Los Angeles, 1934

Item Overview

Title

Dr. Frederick C. Leonard speaks at the dedication ceremony for the Astronomers Monument at Griffith Park, Los Angeles, 1934

Date Created

November 25, 1934

Date

1934-11-25

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Dr. Frederick C. Leonard speaks at the dedication ceremony for the Astronomers Monument at Griffith Park. In the foreground is an orchestra. In the background, mountains are visible. Children sit on the steps in front of Leonard and an American flag flies above him.
This photograph appears with the article, "Park Statue Given Public: Two Thousand at Dedication: Shaft Near Planetarium on Griffith Grounds Honors Astronomers," Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 1934: A3.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles City ["City" crossed out] Parks, Griffith Park, Arts Science Monument
Text from newspaper caption: Planetarium Shaft Dedicated: Dr. Frederick C. Leonard, professor of astronomy at University of California Los Angeles shown as principal speaker at ceremonies in Griffith Park attended by many leaders in affairs of Southland and a crowd of 2000 spectators.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Griffith Observatory
Leonard, Frederick Charles, 1896-1960

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.118343

Latitude

-118.300440

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Dedications--California--Los Angeles
Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Astronomers Monument (Los Angeles, Calif.)