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Title: Construction of the new Mount Wilson Observatory office building, Pasadena
Date Created and/or Issued: 1912
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: Construction of the new Mount Wilson Observatory office building, Pasadena. View is looking west at portion of basement excavation. The forms for the concrete foundation are in the foreground. Eight (8) unidentified construction workers are seen throughout the construction area. In the background, several private dwellings are visible beyond the construction area.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: COPC 1615
29612
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1299
Subject: Construction--California--Pasadena
Construction projects
Construction workers--United States
Earthwork
Foundations--Design and construction
Concrete construction--Formwork
Dwellings--California--Pasadena
Trees
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Pasadena (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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