The First Observatory Telescope

1900

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Title
The First Observatory Telescope
Creator
Allegheny Observatory
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1900
Identifier
6422.122.AO
Description
Interior View of the Original Allegheny Observatory and the 13 Inch Refractor (Fitz). On January 31, 1860, the Allegheny Telescope Association Ordered this Telescope from Henry Fitz of New York, and it was Installed in 1861. The Original 13-inch Refractor Telescope still Stands in One of the Smaller of the Three Domes as a Memorial to the Founding Fathers of the Observatory.
Extent
8 x 10 in.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Observatories
Telescopes
Allegheny Observatory
Geographic Subjects
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
Observatory Hill (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
Allegheny Observatory Records, 1850-1977
Collection
Allegheny Observatory Records
Pitt Campus Life
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Rights Information
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