Caryl Haskins addressing guests at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. Haskins is standing behind a posdium inside the Oscar G. Mayer memorial building that houses the telescope. An empty chair is seen in the lower right-hand corner, to Haskins' left. A small portion of the 60-inch telescope is seen in the upper left-hand corner of the photograph. Haskins is wearing a suit. Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
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