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Planetarium, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California
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Description
Identifier
clloy_106
Title
Planetarium
,
Griffith
Park
,
Los
Angeles
,
California
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
1938
Subject (Topic)
Planetariums--California--Los
Angeles
;
Observatories--California--Los
Angeles
;
Parks--California--Los
Angeles
;
Subject (Name)
Griffith
Observatory
;
Subject (Place)
Griffith
Park
(Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
;
Type
image
Form/Genre
Postcards
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
Color
;
9
x
14
cm
.
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
Western
Publishing
&
Novelty
Co
.
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
,
Calif
.
Language
eng
Description
Aerial
view
of the
Planetarium
at
Griffith
Park
in
Los
Angeles
from the
southwest
,
including
a
monument
in
front
of the
building
,
landscaped
grounds
and
surrounding
Santa
Monica
Mountains
.
Historical Background
In
1896
Colonel
Griffith
Jenkins
Griffith
(1850-1919)
donated
3,015
acres
of his
land
(formerly
Rancho
Los
Felis)
to the
City
of
Los
Angeles
to be
known
as
Griffith
Park
and
used
for
public
recreation
for the "
plain
people.
" In
1912
Griffith
gave
$100,000
to the
City
of
Los
Angeles
to
build
a
planetarium
on a
parcel
of his
land
atop
Mt
.
Hollywood
.
Due
to
location
difficulties
and
legal
issues
,
it
was
twenty-one
years
before
construction
began
on the
Planetarium
,
known
as
Griffith
Observatory
.
It
opened
on a
south-facing
slope
of
Mt
.
Hollywood
in
May
,
1935
,
downhill
from the
originally
proposed
site
. The
federally-funded
Astronomer's
Monument
was
dedicated
six
months
prior
to the
opening
of the
Observatory
on
November
25
,
1934
. At
40-feet
tall
,
it
was a "
star-shaped
poured
concrete
obelisk
,
capped
by a
brass-skinned
armillary
sphere
(an
ancient
astronomical
instrument)"(Ebert
,
M
.
Griffith
Park
: A
Centennial
History.
"
Six
astronomers
were
represented
:
Hipparchus
,
Nicholas
Copernicus
,
Galileo
Galilei
,
John
Kepler
,
Isaac
Newton
, and
William
Herschel
.
Publisher's Identifier
Publisher's serial number: 8A-H2996; Series number: 184;
Additional Notes
Date
from
Publisher
Serial
Number
;
Photo
by
Spence
Air
Photos
;
Printed
using
the
C.T
.
Art-Colortone
process
;
Printed
on
linen
textured
paper
.
Contributors
Spence
Air
Photos
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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