Site testing the telescope for the Lamont-Hussey Observatory in South Africa. 10-inch McDowell lens. Early 1920s. (Telescope mounted on west side of Detroit Observatory grounds, student observatory in background)
The Students' Observatory was erected in 1878. It was located to the south of the Detroit Observatory. In 1908, it was moved to a different location to make room for construction of the east wing of the Detroit Observatory.
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