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Title
Interior view of Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, California, ca.1904-1909
Creator
James, George Wharton
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1904/1909
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 interior view of a dome at Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, California, showing the eye-piece end of the 36 inch refractor telescope, ca.1904-1909. Seven small wheels attached to spoked rods around the end of the telescope adjust various lens distances. A small hatch in the side of the telescope provides access to the inside. The barrel of the telescope consists of multiple rings rivited together. The inside of the dome of the observatory is visible in the background above the wood walls below. A rail runs around the periphery of the curved walls. Part of the dome rotating mechanism is visible at the juncture between the dome and walls. Part of a platform is visible in the foreground at bottom.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m10555
USC-0-1-1-10703 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3942
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10555
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3942.jpg
Subject
Lick Observatory
Observatories--Lick Observatory
Observatories
Telescopes
Astronomical instruments
Research facilities
Time Period
circa 1904/1909
Place
California
Santa Clara
USA
mountains: Mount Hamilton
Source
1-100-9 [Microfiche number]
3942 [Accession number]
CHS-3942 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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