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Esther Livesey and friends near Observatory, University of Washington, ca. 1907
Esther Livesey and friends near Observatory, University of Washington, ca. 1907
TitleEsther Livesey and friends near Observatory, University of Washington, ca. 1907
PhotographerUnknown
Dateca. 1907
NotesThe observatory was built in 1895 using sandstone left over from building Denny Hall. Features include an 1891 six-inch refracting telescope and Civil War cannonballs on which the glass dome rotates. ("A Campus Walk, " University of Washington pamphlet, 1996).

Handwritten on verso: (1907?)
Woman facing camera is Esther Livesey, class of 1907.

Filed in: UW - Chimes and tower (#420)
Subjects (LCTGM)Astronomical observatories--Washington (State)--Seattle
Universities & colleges--Washington (State)--Seattle
Subjects (LCSH)Livesey, Esther
College students--Washington (State)--Seattle
University of Washington--People
University of Washington--Buildings
College buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle
Location DepictedUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Digital CollectionUniversity of Washington Campus Photographs
Order NumberUWC0010
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Negative NumberUW2217
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Repository CollectionUniversity of Washington Campus Photograph Collection
Object TypePhotograph: b&w; 3 5/16 x 5 9/16 in.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color or 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 or 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3.
Image File NameSC000305.tif
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