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University of Toronto savants will do their star gazing in style when the David Dunlap observatory is completed at Richmond Hill. The 61-foot diameter(...)
University of Toronto savants will do their star gazing in style when the David Dunlap observatory is completed at Richmond Hill. The 61-foot diameter(...)

University of Toronto savants will do their star gazing in style when the David Dunlap observatory is completed at Richmond Hill. The 61-foot diameter(...)

Date12/28/1932
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Original Toronto Star caption: University of Toronto savants will do their star gazing in style when the David Dunlap observatory is completed at Richmond Hill. The 61-foot diameter dome to house world's second largest telescope has been assembled at Newcastle-on-Tyne. It will be dismantled and shipped to Canada soon
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0107857F
The huge telescope of the D. A. Dunlap memorial observatory at Richmond Hill, Ont., which, when completed this spring, will be the largest telescope i(...)
The huge telescope of the D. A. Dunlap memorial observatory at Richmond Hill, Ont., which, when completed this spring, will be the largest telescope i(...)
2/2/1935
The clock in (2), will keep the gigantic telescope of the Dunlap observatory at Richmond Hill moving in unison with the rotation of the earth when the observatory opens, May 31
The clock in (2), will keep the gigantic telescope of the Dunlap observatory at Richmond Hill moving in unison with the rotation of the earth when the observatory opens, May 31
1/11/1935
Observatory (1935, David Dunlap Observatory), Richmond Hill
Observatory (1935, David Dunlap Observatory), Richmond Hill
4/13/1955
Observatory (1935), (David Dunlap Observatory), Richmond Hill
Observatory (1935), (David Dunlap Observatory), Richmond Hill
1930
David Dunlap Observatory, sited on a hill 15 miles north of Toronto, was when opened in 1935 the finest astronomical observatory in the British Empire(...)
David Dunlap Observatory, sited on a hill 15 miles north of Toronto, was when opened in 1935 the finest astronomical observatory in the British Empire(...)
10/17/1977
Richmond Hill D. A. Dunlap Observatory
Richmond Hill D. A. Dunlap Observatory
9/2/1933
Canada - Ontario - Richmond Hill - Dunlap Observatory
Canada - Ontario - Richmond Hill - Dunlap Observatory
10/2/1970
Canada - Ontario - Richmond Hill - Dunlap Observatory
Canada - Ontario - Richmond Hill - Dunlap Observatory
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Professor C. A. Chant, director of the David Dunlap Observatory, Dr. D. B. Macdonald,chairman of the board of governors, and Lieutenant Governor Bruce(...)
Professor C. A. Chant, director of the David Dunlap Observatory, Dr. D. B. Macdonald,chairman of the board of governors, and Lieutenant Governor Bruce(...)
6/1/1935
At Dunlap observatory Dr. Helen Hogg can be seen at telescope used to project image on paper. Her associates at Mattice were blacked out by bad weather
At Dunlap observatory Dr. Helen Hogg can be seen at telescope used to project image on paper. Her associates at Mattice were blacked out by bad weather
6/30/1954
Shaping up, Members of the Ne Chi Zu Guild of Vancouver are carving a cosmic maypole out of a 50-foot red cedar log, 5 feet in diameter, at Harbourfront's Bathurst Quay
Shaping up, Members of the Ne Chi Zu Guild of Vancouver are carving a cosmic maypole out of a 50-foot red cedar log, 5 feet in diameter, at Harbourfront's Bathurst Quay
8/12/1980
Image shows a ship on the lake.
Length 170' Beam 42'; Length of Ladder 80' - length of Spuds 70'; Engine horse power 1750; Diameter of Impellor - 8-feet; Diameter of suction 24-inches; Diameter of discharge 24-inches; Swing 200-feet.
3/27/1930