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The rolling shelter of the Snow telescope building under construction, Mount Wilson Observatory

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Title: The rolling shelter of the Snow telescope building under construction, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1905-01-19
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: The rolling shelter of the Snow telescope building under construction, Mount Wilson Observatory. The two (2) men visible are Ross and Peterson. Scaffolding surrounds the stone pillars at the far end of he rolling shelter. The roofs of both the rolling shelter and the primary building are visible. Shrubs surrounds the 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
Extent: 1 8X10 print
Identifier: COPC 225
28222
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1063
Subject: Observatories
Astronomical observatories
Mount Wilson Observatory
Columns
Scaffolding
Platforms
Roofs
Construction--California
Construction equipment
Construction workers--United States
Steel framing (Building)
Steel, Structural
Shrubs
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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