McDonald Observatory
| Title | McDonald Observatory |
| View | Laboratories and Offices 2 |
| Series | II: Buildings and Grounds |
| Description | Astronomer Walter Linke in one of McDonald Observatory's three Dark Rooms in which photographic plates exposed to the light of stars millions of light years away are developed. Both the observatory, in the Davis Mountains of Western Texas, and its 82-inch reflecting telescope, the second largest in the world, were designed and built by the Warner & Swasey Company of Cleveland, Ohio for the University of Texas which will operate the facility with the University of Chicago. The observatory will be dedicated May 5, 1939. |
| Subject Terms | Linke, Walter | Astronomical observatories | Darkrooms | Science rooms and equipment |
| Photographer | Warner & Swasey Company |
| Photograph Date | 1939 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 24.2 x 19.6 cm |
| Architect | Warner & Swasey Company |
| Completion Date | 1939 |
| Location | Davis Mountains, Texas |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf2-05079 |
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