Dr. Walter Orr Roberts (right), president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, and Dr. John W. Firor (left) director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), offer advice and encouragement as Dr. Bernhard Haurwitz, director of the NCAR Advanced Study Program, uses a pneumatic jackhammer to break ground for NCAR's Max C. Fleischmann Building.
Dr. Walter Orr Roberts (right), president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, and Dr. John W. Firor (left) director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), offer advice and encouragement as Dr. Bernhard Haurwitz, director of the NCAR Advanced Study Program, uses a pneumatic jackhammer to break ground for NCAR's Max C. Fleischmann Building.
Date
1968
Summary
Men wear raincoats at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) groundbreaking ceremony in Boulder, Colorado. Plastic surveyor's flagging is stretched across the foreground; evergreens and foothills are in the background.
Description
1 photoprint ; 20 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Subject
Boulder (Colo.)--1960-1970; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970; Firor, John; Haurwitz, Bernhard; Roberts, Walter Orr; National Center for Atmospheric Research (U.S.)
Geographic Area
Boulder (Colo.)
Format-Medium
Photograph
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR710011845
Notes
Hand-written on back of photoprint: 667.; Title from typed paper affixed to back of photoprint. At head of title: "September 5, 1968." Letterhead reads: "Public Information Office - National Center for Atmospheric Research - Boulder, Colorado 80302 - Credit : NCAR Photo."; R7100118456
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