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Title: Dedication of the 60-inch telescope at Palomar Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1970-10-23
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Dedication of the 60-inch telescope at Palomar Observatory. Oscar Mayer, Jr., seen standing at the far left, and other members of the Mayer family outside the Oscar Mayer Dome, Palomar Observatory. The dedication plaque is seen on the wall next to Mr. Meyer. The men are wearing suits and coats; the unidentified woman is wearing a dress.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type: image
Format: image/tiff
Extent: 1 8X10 print
Identifier: COPC 2243
30240
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/2254
Subject: Palomar Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Signs and signboards
Mayer, Oscar G., 1914-
Men--California--Palomar--Photographs
Women--California--Palomar--Photographs
Suits (Clothing)
Coats
Dresses
Walls
Group portraits. (gmgpc)
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Palomar, Mount (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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