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Title
First model of Mount Wilson Observatory under construction
Date Created and/or Issued
1920-03
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
First model of Mount Wilson Observatory under construction; view from the west showing buildings in place. The model sits on a wooden table.
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 1144
29141
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1243
Subject
Mount Wilson Observatory--Models
Astronomical observatories--Models
Observatories--Models
Tables
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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