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Title
Exterior view of the Mount Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, ca.1935
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1935
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of the Mount Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, ca.1935. The massive domed building is at center. There is an open rectangular doorway with a wide set of steps leading into the building at the base of the structure. The dome is shiny and is reflecting the sunlight. The hill in front of the observatory is covered with an assortment of small bushes and trees. Two rocks can be seen in the foreground at right.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m10557
USC-2-1-1-10705 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-33366
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10557
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-33366.jpg
Subject
Mount Palomar Observatory
Observatories--Mount Palomar Observatory
Observatories
Research facilities
Time Period
circa 1935
Place
California
San Diego
USA
Source
33366 [Accession number]
CHS-33366 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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