Banquet guests at the 60-inch telescope dedication, Palomar Observatory. The banquet was held in the 200-inch telescope dome. Guests (clockwise from left): Mrs. Dubridge, Mrs. Backman, Lois Ramseth, Arnold Backman, Philip Abelson, Lee Dubridge, James White. The men are wearing suits; the guests are seated in chairs around round tables. Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
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