Banquet guests at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. The guests were seated in the 200-inch telescope dome building. Guests (clockwise from left): Robert Christie, (unidentified), William Fowler, Floyd Day, Mayer brother & wife, (unidentified), and Henrietta Swope. The men are wearing suits and neckties; the women are wearing dresses. The guests are seated at round tables. Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
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