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Title: Guests at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1970-10-23
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: Guests at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. The guests are seated in the Oscar G. Mayer Jr. memorial building which houses the telescope. The guests are listening to a guest speaker at the even. The ladder leading to the observatory's interior balcony is seen at the far left, in front of the guests.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type: image
Format: image/tiff
Identifier: COPC 2193
30190
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/2200
Subject: Palomar Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Observatory domes
Interiors
Crowds
Men--California--Palomar--Photographs
Women--California--Palomar--Photographs
Chairs
Suits (Clothing)
Coats
Ladders
Balconies
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Palomar, Mount (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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