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Title: Lick Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1890/ /
Contributing Institution: History San Jose Research Library
Collection: History San Jose Online Catalog
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Description: On negative: "Lick Observatory buildings vis San Jose Cal." On reverse: "James Lick dies 1876. Early life a mechanic. Workbench shown at Observatory, buried at Mt. Hamilton under the massive foundation of the Great Telescope 1887. 26 miles from San Jose - 4000 ft. Mt. Hamilton - 6 hous from San Jose, 3 hours to return. Mr. Lick donated $150,000 for the Observatory. Company constructed the roadway leading to it 26 miles $73,000. 72,000 tons of rock removed from the top leaving an immense plateform of solid rock."
Type: image
Format: Black & White, Albumen Print
Identifier: A7AC8736-F2B5-4EA1-BAE3-894450272149
1997-300-1469
Subject: Lick Observatory
Lick, James
Hill, Andrew Putnam

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