Identifier	clloy_107
Title	Planetarium, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	1939
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/collections/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher	Western Publishing & Novelty Co.
Place of Publication	Los Angeles, Calif.
Language	eng
Description	A view of the north-facing front entrance of the three-domed Griffith Observatory with the Astronomer's Monument in foreground right.
Historical Background	In 1912 Col. Griffith J. Griffith (1850-1919) donated $100,000 to the City of Los Angeles to build a planetarium on a parcel of his land (formerly Rancho Los Felis) 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 in May, 1935, downhill from the originally proposed site on a south-facing slope of Mt. Hollywood. 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.
Additional Printed Matter	On back: "Griffith Park Planetarium and Observatory is one of the newest and finest Planetariums in the United States. It is situated on a high peak in a setting of natural beauty with a commanding view of Los Angeles, Hollywood and the blue Pacific."
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: 9A-H2253; Series number: LA-154;
Additional Notes	Date from publisher's serial number; Printed using the C.T. Art-Colortone process; Printed on linen textured paper.
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection