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Title
Exhibit building and auditorium at Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
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
New exhibit building and auditorium at Mount Wilson Observatory. It is a concrete building, with a covered porch. This front view of the building also shows a painted sign posted above the entryway, which reads: Carnegie Institution of Washington, Astronomical Exhibit and Auditorium, Exhibit open daily 1:30 to 2:30 pm, Lecture in auditorium Friday 7:30 pm. Trees are visible on the left-hand side, next to the building.
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 828
28825
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/929
Subject
Auditoriums--California
Museum buildings--California
Buildings, Reinforced concrete
Porches
Doorways
Painted signs and signboards
Signs and signboards
Trees
Mount Wilson Observatory
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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