Image / Mirror for observatory on Mt. Wilson

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Title: Mirror for observatory on Mt. Wilson
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1917
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: The 100-inch telescope glass being hauled up the one-way dirt toll road from Altadena to Mt. Wilson by truck in 1917. It was boxed in and draped with an American flag. A 200-inch mirror was put in place on April 10, 1936, giving astronomers the ability to see even further into space.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00043802
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 2006.
CARL0000047806
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/13982
Subject: Observatories--California--Los Angeles
Telescopes--California--Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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