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Title
Preparing to remove the silvered surface from the 100-inch mirror, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1935-02-27
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Preparing to remove the silvered surface from the 100-inch mirror prior to its initial aluminizing, Mount Wilson Observatory. Three (3) unidentified men surround the mirror, which is resting on a wooden platform.
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 4X5 B/W print; 1 4X5 film neg
Identifier
COPC 627
28624
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1659
Subject
Mirrors--Cleaning
Men--California--Mount Wilson--Photographs
Sawhorses
Platforms
Mount Wilson Observatory
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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