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Title
An observer riding the elevator to the 200-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1956-02
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
An observer riding the elevator to the 200-inch telescope north bearing, looking out the open shutters, Palomar Observatory. The interior walls of the observatory dome are seen 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
Extent
1 4X5 B/W print; 1 4X5 film neg; 1 8X10 print
Identifier
COPC 2020
30017
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1967
Subject
Telescopes
Large astronomical telescopes
Optical instruments
Astronomical instruments
Astronomers
Palomar Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Elevators
Elevating platforms
Observatory domes
Interior walls
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Palomar, Mount (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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