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Yoke of the 60-inch telescope mounting being transported along a road on Mount Wilson

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Title: Yoke of the 60-inch telescope mounting being transported along a road on Mount Wilson
Date Created and/or Issued: 1908
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: Yoke of the 60-inch telescope mounting being transported along a road on Mount Wilson. The yoke mounting is being carried on a horse-drawn cart. Rocks and shrubs in the mountainside are visible in the surrounding area.
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 1385
29382
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/428
Subject: Yokes
Astronomical instruments
Telescopes
Horse-drawn vehicles
Horses
Mountain roads--California
Dirt roads
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Rocks
Shrubs
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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