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A portion of the steel structure mount for the 50-foot interferometer, Mount Wilson

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Title: A portion of the steel structure mount for the 50-foot interferometer, Mount Wilson
Date Created and/or Issued: 1923
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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: A portion of the steel structure mount for the 50-foot interferometer, Mount Wilson. This frame is strapped to a pickup truck, which is parked near the building that will house the interferometer.
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 1382
29379
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/669
Subject: Interferometers
Steel, Structural
Steel framing (Building)
Pedestals
Pickup trucks
Sheds
Astronomical instruments
Trees
Mount Wilson Observatory
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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