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Six men posing with the hoisting device for moving the 100-inch mirror, Mount Wilson Observatory

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Title: Six men posing with the hoisting device for moving the 100-inch mirror, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1931-02-25
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: Six men posing with the hoisting device used for removing the 100-inch mirror from its cell to be lowered onto the mirror, Mount Wilson Observatory. Left to right: Beebe, Dalton, Glenn, Moore, Nelson, and Pease. Mr. Glenn and Mr. nelson are wearing coveralls; the other men are wearing suits.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type: image
Format: image/tiff
Extent: 1 4X5 B/W print; 1 8X10 print
Identifier: COPC 571
28568
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1593
Subject: Hoisting machinery
Mirrors
Astronomical instruments
Optical instruments
Scientists
Machinists
Coveralls
Suits (Clothing)
Hats
Workshops
Interiors
Mr. Beebe
Mr. Dalton
Mr. Glenn
Mr. Moore
Mr. Nelson
Pease, F. G. (Francis Gladheim), b. 1881
Group portraits. (gmgpc)
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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