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Title
The 100-inch telescope during renovation, 1935, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1935-10-28
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
The 100-inch telescope during renovation, 1935, Mount Wilson Observatory. Four, possibly five, unidentified men are seen near the telescope, one sits up near the tube and the others sre seen standing on the floor near its base. A steel pedestal is seen at the far left; the interior of the observatory is seen behind the telescope.
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 655
28652
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1684
Subject
Telescopes
Reflecting telescopes
Large astronomical telescopes
Astronomical instruments
Optical instruments
Pedestals
Men--California--Mount Wilson--Photographs
Balconies
Mount Wilson Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Interiors
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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