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Title: The Lick Telescope
Contributor: Alvan Clark & Sons
W. J. Morgan & Co
Warner & Swasey
Date Created and/or Issued: c1889
Publication Information: Cleveland, [Ohio] : Warner & Swasey
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: 2004-0449.
View of the interior of the observatory showing the telescope and six men. Text: W.J. Morgan & Co., Lithographers, Warner & Swasey, designers and builders, object glass by Alvan Clark & Sons. Length 57 feet, diameter of object glass 36 inches, total weight 40 tons.
Type: image
Format: Pictorial works.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 1 print : lithograph ; 19 3/4 x 14 in. image on 25 7/8 x 17 5/8 in. sheet.
Identifier: (C)001386017CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-9290
Language: English
Subject: Astronomical observatories--California--Mt. Hamilton
Telescopes--California--Mt. Hamilton
Lick Observatory--Pictorial works
Hamilton, Mount (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Prints
Lithographs
Place: California
Mt. Hamilton
Hamilton, Mount (Calif.)

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