Skip to main content

NCAR historical photos, undated

 File

Scope and Contents

This is a collection of a wide range of photos taken across the early history on NCAR that are highly used and generally available. Subject is followed by negative number in parentheses: GHOST recorder, exploded view of electronics for GHOST balloon flights, GHOST reader, June 7, 1965 (20B); Climax observatory site, buildings, mountains, clouds, 1965, (30B); the coronascope with men inspecting it (31b); NCAR Mesa Laboratory, architect's rendering, 1965 (33B); NCAR Mesa building site drawing 1963 (105B); Mesa Laboratory, model perspective, rejected scheme, 1961 (109B); NCAR and Mesa site aerials, August 31, 1967 (453C); Mesa Lab at night (591b-3); NCAR lab, evening shots, lobby stairway, March 6, 1967 (594BC); Black and white photo of the Mesa Lab with the Flatirons in the background. (1248b-1); Walter Orr Roberts (1262-E16, 1262-F31); Glider on ground, preparation, sailplane, March 14, 1972 (1496-8); Glider in clouds, sailplane, March 14, 1972 (1499C); Electra, December 4, 1973 (2104C); Balloon diagram (2419C-3); National Hail Research Experiment NHRE Headquarters Operations Room (3510-19b); Balloon launch in Page Arizona Feb. 9, 1977 (3883c); Computer hardware, Cray-1 (4481-10); Ted Fujita is standing on the right wearing a NIMROD (Northern Illinois Meteorological Research on Downburst) cap (4656-2); Ted Fujita (4656-13); Long-Lived Atmospheric Monitoring Airship [LLAMA] balloon in New Zealand, copy, February 4, 1981 (5415B); Satellite cloud cover over Montana on July 7, 1981, CCOPE (5533B); Early radar equipment, JAWS (Joint Airport Weather Studies), RL-3, CP2 and PAM, 1982 (5777c-11); Overhead shot of NCAR aircraft at Jeffco hangar, July 5, 1984 (6331C); King Air 312D air shots over mountains, December 18, 1984 (6441C); Computer areas, May 26, 1985 (6542C), First meeting of the 14 University Corporation members on April 2, 1959 (6887B-2); Electra pre-flight activities at Buckley airport, 1988-05-10 (7357-11); Bob Henson, Staff Notes editor, 1989-04-18 (7635-2); Charlie Knight in his lab (7845C-11); Binu Lohani with output in Leroy Heidt's lab, 1991-10-25 (8396C); aircraft on flight (8735c-37); Alan Fried's lab, with Alan Fried, Bruce Henry and Scott Sewell, 1994-04 (9212C-8); Vin Lally with Ghost balloon transmitter, 1968 (DI02117); High Altitude Observatory team, circa 1940-50's (DI02073); Supercomputer construction at the Mesa Lab, April 6, 1985 (6673-10). In addition there are photos of Nancy Knight with a hailstone, and portraits of Jack Eddy and Walter Orr Roberts.

Dates

  • Creation: undated

Creator

Full Extent

From the Collection: 150 Linear Feet

Full Extent

From the Collection: 6 Terabytes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Archives Repository