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Photograph caption dated March 18,1950 reads, "Associate Director Dr. Clarence H. Cleminshaw takes look." The Griffith telescope brings the heavens 40 to 800 times closer to the earth, according to Dr. Cleminshaw.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Cleminshaw, Clarence H.--(Clarence Higbee),--1902- Griffith Observatory Griffith Observatory--Officials and employees Observatories--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Astronomers--United States Telescopes--California--Los Angeles Observatory domes--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Interiors--California--Los Angeles Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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