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Unknown, Staircase in Slipher Building Library, 1917-06-30

The interior stairs of the Slipher Building library leading up to another area for books. These stairs can be seen today inside the Rotunda Museum.

Grogan, Brian Historic American Buildings Survey, The Rotunda Museum and Slipher Building, 1994

The Rotunda Museum and Slipher Building, photographed by Brian Grogan for the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1994. The Rotunda Museum was used…

Unknown, Comet Hale-Bopp over the Rotunda Museum, 1996-1997 ca.

The Rotunda Museum pictured with comet Hale-Bopp crossing the sky above it. This picture taken around 1996-1997 shows a completed Rotunda Museum that…

Unknown, Slipher Building Exterior, ca. 1916

The west side of the Slipher Building and part of the Rotunda Museum are pictured when the Slipher Building was still a one story building. Originally…

Unknown, Slipher Building Interior, 1917-06-30

The Slipher Building library's interior is pictured with its fireplace and one of its two staircases in the background.

Unknown, Slipher Building Basement, 1915-1916 ca.

Construction of the basement of the Slipher Building, which served as the administrative building at Lowell Observatory.

Grogan, Brian Historic American Buildings Survey, Slipher Building, 1994

The south side of the Rotunda Museum and Slipher Building showing the first and second floor windows. Originally built in 1916 and used as the…

Unknown, Pluto Discovery Telescope, Undated

The Pluto Discovery Telescope, an astrograph used to discover Pluto in 1930. This astrograph took photographs on glass plates that were compared by…

Grogan, Brian Historic American Buildings Survey, Pluto Dome, 1994

Photograph of the Pluto Discovery Telescope Dome by Brian Grogan for the Historic American Buildings survey in 1994.

Slipher, E.C., 42-inch Telescope Dome, 1909 ca.

The dome of the 42-inch Lampland telescope as seen through trees on Lowell Observatory's campus. Photographed by E.C. Slipher around 1909, the…