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Four men posed with the 100-inch telescope mirror in its hoisting device, Mount Wilson Observatory

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Title: Four men posed with the 100-inch telescope mirror in its hoisting device, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1931-02-25
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: Four men posed with the 100-inch telescope mirror hanging from its lifting device after being removed from cell, Mount Wilson Observatory. Left to right: F.G. Pease, Mr. Dalton, Mr. Beebe, and Mr. Nelson. Pease and Dalton, at the far left, are wearing suits and hats. The two men at the far right are wearing work clothes and hats. The hoisting machine is seen in the center, with the mirror hanging.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type: image
Format: image/tiff
Extent: 1 4X5 B/W print; 1 8X10 print
Identifier: COPC 572
28569
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1594
Subject: Pease, F. G. (Francis Gladheim), b. 1881
Mr. Dalton
Mr. Beebe
Mr. Nelson
Astronomers
Scientists
Hoisting machinery
Mirrors
Optical instruments
Astronomical instruments
Suits (Clothing)
Hats
Mount Wilson Observatory
Group portraits. (gmgpc)
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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