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- 1963
Looking northwest at College Drive and the Bowl with surrounding campus buildings in foreground.
Looking northwest at College Drive and the Bowl with surrounding campus buildings in foreground.
Looking north with College Drive and the Bowl with surrounding buildings in foreground, prairie fields in background.
Looking northeast at Health Sciences Building, Emmanuel College Residence and other buildings in foreground; the Bowl and surrounding buildings at centre.
Looking southwest at University barns and other buildings in foreground; the Bowl and surrounding buildings at centre. South Saskatchewan River and 25th Street (University) Bridge in background.
Looking east with Arts Building, the Bowl and surrounding buildings in foreground.
Looking northwest at the Bowl and surrounding buildings in foreground; South Saskatchewan River and prairie fields in background.
Aerial view facing northwest with the Bowl at centre with surrounding buildings in background. College Drive running along bottom of image with Griffiths Stadium at left foreground..
Looking northeast with University Hospital in foreground; the Bowl and surrounding buildings in background. College Drive runs along right side of image.
Elevated view looking northeast at construction of the Heating Plant addition; taken from roof of Thorvaldson Building.
View looking northeast with University Hospital visible at bottom left of image. College Drive runs along the bottom at right; Sutherland visible at top.
Looking north at Qu'Appelle Hall and Saskatchewan Hall in foreground; surrounding campus buildings in background.
Looking north at University Hospital and Medical Building. College Drive in the foreground.
Looking northeast at St. Andrew's College and Little Stone School in foreground; University Hospital at upper left.
Looking northeast from top of Arts Tower with Thorvaldson Building in foreground. Newly-completed Agriculture Building in background.
Aerial view looking northeast of the Observatory in winter. Construction of the Memorial Union Building at centre; Emmanuel College at right.
Bio/Historical Note: The Observatory was designed by Gentil J.K. Verbeke and constructed in two phases using local limestone from 1928-1930 for about $23,000. The R. J. Arrand Contracting Co. was contracted to build the Observatory Tower in 1928 for a cost of $6625. The firm completed the tower $353 under budget on 14 April 1929, for $6,272. On 20 June 1929 R. J. Arrand was again awarded a contract by the University, this time to build the small classroom wing of the Observatory for $15,640. Work on the classroom wing was completed on 23 January 1930 for $15,034.50. University funding for the construction of the building was supplemented by private donations. Along with the Field Husbandry Building, the Observatory would be among the last free-standing buildings constructed on campus until after World War II. A plaque with the names of many donors still hangs inside the dome of the observatory. Saskatoon residents will find many of the names highly recognizable even today. A sundial was added to the exterior of the Observatory during the 1940s. It reads:
I am a Shadow
So art thou
The observatory facilities are available for use by both university students and visitors to the campus. The telescopes and other scientific equipment are used by students during the laboratory component of their courses. University personnel regularly offer tours of the observatory to elementary and high school classes, youth groups and other community associations. The Observatory is staffed year-round on Saturday nights so that any visitor may view celestial objects through the telescope.