Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.18740

    Dominion Observatory

    Date
    1920
    Creator
    Unknown, Photographer
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 67mm
    width (print): 89mm
    Subject
    Content object
    Description
    View of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The building, constructed by architect Edgar Lewis Horton (1868-1957) was completed in 1918. The front elevation is shown, with the dome’s shutters open.

    The image is from an album of original photographs, with postcards and other pictures collected during the British Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Toronto, Canada, 1924. The album shows participants in activities of Section K: Botany. An inscription on the print states: ‘OBSERVATORY VICTORIA’.

    An account of the British Association gathering, by R D’O. Good and A. B. Rendle, appeared in the Journal of Botany v.63 (1925), pp.1-9.
    Associated place
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