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Title
Group photograph of Mount Wilson Observatory staff in front of the Observatory's Pasadena office building
Date Created and/or Issued
1917-04-14
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Group photograph of Mount Wilson Observatory staff in front of the Observatory's Pasadena office building. The group is gathered by the new flagpole. The American flag can be seen flying above the building and the group. The front facade of the building is seen, with several palm trees planted nearby. The individuals in the group are unidentified. The women are wearing dresses; the men are wearing suits. A telephone pole is in the foreground. In front of the building, the lawn and sidewalk can bee seen. The street running in front of the building is Santa Barbara Street.
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 3186
31183
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1334
Subject
Office buildings--California--Pasadena--Photographs
Flagpoles--California--Pasadena
Flags
Women--California--Pasadena--Photographs
Men--California--Pasadena--Photographs
Dresses
Suits (Clothing)
Facades
Roofs
Palms
Lawns
Sidewalks
Curbs
Streets--California--Pasadena--Photographs
Electric lines--Poles and towers
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Group portraits. (gmgpc)
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Pasadena (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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