Allan Sandage, George Hale, and Margaret Hale Scherer (left to right) outside the Oscar G. Mayer memorial building at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. Sandage and Hale are wearing suits; Scherer is wearing a plaid skirt, a coat and is carrying a handbag. A low concrete wall and trees are seen behind them. Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
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