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Title: Early construction of the 150-foot tower, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1909-09
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: 150-foot tower under construction, as seen from the 60-foot tower, Mount Wilson Observatory. The tower construction is in the center of the photograph, other buildings in the area are seen in the foreground and in the background. Trees are in the surrounding area.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Identifier: COPC 95
28092
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1201
Subject: Towers--Design and construction
Construction--California
Scaffolding
Roofs
Trees
Mount Wilson Observatory
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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