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Title: Early foundation construction for the 60-inch telescope dome foundation, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1907-06
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: Early foundation construction for the 60-inch telescope dome foundation, Mount Wilson Observatory. Unidentified construction workers, and horse-drawn vehicles are working in the area. Some wooden framing is seen, surrounding the construction site and construction tools. Pine and other trees are in the background.
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 283
28280
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1090
Subject: Construction--California
Construction projects
Construction workers--United States
Building--California
Horse-drawn vehicles
Horses
Bridles
Conifers
Trees
Mount Wilson Observatory
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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