Guests arriving inside the Oscar G. Mayer memoriabl building at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. The unidentified men and women are standing inside the observatory building; a small portion of the 60-inch telescope is seen in the upper right-hand corner of the photograph. The men and women, standing near empty chairs, are wearing coats over their suits and dresses. Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
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