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  • 1958: Miriam Phillips Dunham, author of children's books on astronomy
  • 50" Telescope Dome's office
  • 1958: Mrs. Bok at kids' birthday party with boy and his dog!
  • 1958: Academic procession at ANU
  • The gardens at the Director's Residence on Mt. Stromlo often provided the setting for observatory visitor-receptions
  • Rosalie Gascoigne (left) and Proscilla Bok elped catalogue studies of the Southern Skies in Mt. Stromlo's library
  • The Mt. Stromlo Observatory darkrooms and photo-printing equipment, Administration basement
  • Artist Rosalie Gascoigne directs the decorations in the Conference Room
  • Children of the Mt. Stromlo families (1958) went to Canberra schools by daily school-bus ride down the mountain

The Mt. Stromlo Observatory darkrooms and photo-printing equipment, Administration basement

                                          The Mt. Stromlo Observatory darkrooms and photo-printing equipment, Administration basement     More
The Mt. Stromlo Observatory darkrooms and photo-printing equipment, Administration basement This 1958 photo shows Helen Bailey surrounded by glossy black-and-white prints, from cameras attached to the 74" telescope, rolling off the glazing/drying machine after chemical development and printing. Modern astronomy research uses computers instead of steel and canvas driers, chemicals, and darkrooms.
© Copyright Helen Bailey Bayly.