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Geneva Girl Scouts visit the Perkin Observatory

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Color photograph of members of the Geneva Girl Scouts and Leslie Hebb inside the dome of the Richard S. Perkin Observatory. Avery Wickersham '19 is on the left.

Observatory Meridian Stone

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Color photograph of the former observatory meridian stone in front of Smith Hall. Photo taken from the south, with Stern Hall and the Warren Hunting Smith Library in the background.

Dr. John Cain and Jack Mulvey in the Smith Observatory

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Black and white photograph of Dr. John Cain and Jack Mulvey inspecting the telescope in the Smith Observatory.

Leslie Hebb and the Cinder Block Observatory

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Color photograph of Leslie Hebb in front of the small cinder block observatory. There is snow on the ground.

Observatory Description from Catalog

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Description of the college observatory from the 1870-71 Catalog of Hobart College.

Hobart College from Pulteney Street

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Black and white photograph of Hobart College campus taken from Pulteney Street. A man can be seen walking near the observatory in the midground.

Hobart College from St. Clair Street

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Black and white photograph of Hobart College campus taken from St. Clair Street. A man is leaning on a fence in the foreground, and the observatory is visible in the midground.

View from Hobart College

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Black and white photograph of the view from Geneva Hall looking south-west. The observatory, which was built in 1870, can be seen behind the clump of trees in the center of the photograph.

Hobart Students in Middle Building Reading Room

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Cropped image from a black and white stereoscope of Hobart students sitting around a table in the reading room of the Middle Building.

Hamilton Lanphere Smith

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Black and white portrait of Hamilton Lanphere Smith.