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| Title | Observatory |
| Creator | University of South Dakota
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| Contributors | Mortenson, Chris
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| Subject (TGM) | Universities & colleges
Telescopes
Astronomical observatories
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| Subject (LCSH) | University of South Dakota
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| Subject (Local) | Observatory
Unidentified
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| Subject (SDPN) | Vermillion (S.D.)
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| Description | An unidentified student peers through the telescope at the observatory located on the north side of Inman Field on the University of South Dakota campus. The observatory was built in 1917 at the cost of $6, 500. Features of the observatory included a transit room, a reception room, and a circular tower measuring fourteen feet in diameter, which housed the five-inch refractor telescope. Students taking astronomy classes focused on such topics as meteorology, mapping, and navigation. Dr. Thomas E. McKinney, William Ekman, Merten Hasse, and Robert Adams were professors of astronomy at different points during the lifespan of the observatory. The observatory was demolished in September 1972. |
| Color | Monochromatic
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| Polarity | Positive
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| Physical Image Type | Reflective
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| Carrier/Base | Paper -- Baryta coated paper (fiber-base)
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| Photographic Type | Silver photograph -- Gelatin silver print -- Developing out process (DOP)
Modern print
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| Date Original | ca. 1955 |
| Image Height | 13 1/8 |
| Image Width | 10 3/16 |
| Image Measuring Unit | inches |
| Print Height | 14 |
| Print Width | 11 |
| Print Measuring Unit | inches |
| Note | Selenium toned gelatin silver print, printed on Ilford Multigrade IV fiber base double weight glossy paper. Exhibition portfolio photographs printed in 2005 from original negatives by Chris Mortenson. |
| Identifier | P006065 |
| Source | Series 5 6065 |
| Relation-Is Format Of | Original negative: Series 10, Historic Series Box 2, 135-H |
| Language | zxx
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| Collection | The University of South Dakota Photograph Collection: Preserving Our Past in Images, 1930-1999, USD Photograph Collection
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| Rights | The work from which this copy was made did not include a formal copyright notice. This work may be protected by U. S. copyright law (Title 17, United States Code), which governs reproduction, distribution, public display, and other uses of protected works. Some uses may be legal with permission from the copyright holder, if the copyright on the work has expired, or if the use is fair use or within another legal exemption. The user of this work is responsible for compliance with the law. Users of this work must cite the Archives and Special Collections, University Libraries, The University of South Dakota. Researchers who refer to any materials from the Archives and Special Collections in a published work of any type must notify the Archives and Special Collections, University Libraries, The University of South Dakota. |
| Digitization Specifications | Master file format: 15290804 bytes, 8 bit, black and white, 3429 x 4454, 300ppi, uncompressed, image/tif, MD5: 6efbef149ef493b2576314a8e27c1a49, Microtek ScanMaker 1000XL Pro flatbed scanner, Microtek ScanWizard Pro for Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 2002, Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows |
| Date Digital | 2009-04-07 |
| Type | Image
Still Image
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| Format | image/jp2
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| Digital Publisher | University of South Dakota. University Libraries. Archives and Special Collections
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