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Title: Workmen cutting down a tree at the 100-inch telescope site, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1911-07-22
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: Workmen cutting down a large pine tree at the 100-inch telescope site, Mount Wilson Observatory. The two (2) unidentified workmen are using a crosscut saw to cut down the tree; a large notch is visible. A third unidentified man stands off to the side; he is wearing a suit and tie. A wooden building is in the background, to the far right. Other trees and shrubs are seen in the background.
Type: image
Format: image/tiff
Identifier: COPC 453
28450
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1370
Subject: Tree felling
Trees
Crosscut saws
Saws
Construction workers--United States
Buildings--California--Mount Wilson--Photographs
Suits (Clothing)
Neckties
Hats
Shrubs
Mount Wilson Observatory
Group portraits. (gmgpc)
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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