Yerkes Observatory Buildings, Instruments, Equipment, Grounds
| Title | Yerkes Observatory Buildings, Instruments, Equipment, Grounds |
| View | Main Observatory 70:9 (2008-003) |
| Series | VI: Yerkes Observatory |
| Description | Workmen on a scaffold making repairs to faulty brickwork in the 90-foot dome of Yerkes Observatory. |
| Alternate Name(s) | Charles T. Yerkes Observatory |
| Subject Terms | Construction workers | Suspended scaffolding | Observatory domes | Shutters (Opening components) | Bricks | Refracting telescopes |
| Photograph Date | Undated |
| Physical Format | Black-and-white negatives; 9.4 x 12.0 cm |
| Architect | Cobb, Henry Ives, 1859-1931 |
| Completion Date | 1897 |
| Location | 373 West Geneva Street | Williams Bay, Wisconsin |
| Campus Grid | Y01 |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf6-01827 |
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