One of nineteen photographs taken at the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope

PART OF:: Nineteen photographs of instruments and stars fields taken at the Royal Observatory

Made:: 1909 in Cape Town

One of nineteen photographs taken at the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope, showing the Official Residences.

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1909-211/9

Materials:: paper

Measurements:: overall (mount): 405 x 355 x 1.5 mm

type:: black-and-white prints (photographs) and observatories

credit:: Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope

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One of nineteen photographs taken at the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope

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