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.
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