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Forest fire in the west fork of the San Gabriel River, as seen from Mount Wilson Observatory

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Title: Forest fire in the west fork of the San Gabriel River, as seen from Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1924-09-29
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: Forest fire in the west fork of the San Gabriel River, as seen from Mount Wilson Observatory. The 100-inch telescope dome is in the foreground. Photo taken around 10:20 am. Trees surround the observatory dome; the San Gabriel Mountains are in the background between the dome and the smoke from the fire.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 8X10 print
Identifier: COPC 1181
29178
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1276
Subject: Forest fires--California--Photographs
Mount Wilson Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Observatory domes
Trees
San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)
Smoke
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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