Harvard Observatory History in Images . In a web article about the Observatory Pinafore, someone left a comment that he had several photos of the play that belonged to his grandfather, Edward Skinner King. ... One notable feature of the photographs is they're the only ones I know of that were taken inside the Director's Residence--so far. ... ECP Professor Edward C. Pickering, The Director - W.R. Ransom LW Dr. Leonard Waldo, L.L.D., Director of Observatory at Providence - Bart J. Bok . ... WAR. ...