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Eight men posed with the 100-inch mirror and its hoisting device, Mount Wilson Observatory

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Title: Eight men posed with the 100-inch mirror and 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: Eight men posed with the 100-inch mirror and its hoisting device resting on raised platform above silvering hole, Mount Wilson Observatory. Left to right: Hickox, Richardson, Glenn, Beebe, Moore, Dalton, Nelson, F.G. Pease. The interior of the observatory building is seen behind the group of men, including the interior balcony.
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
Identifier: COPC 574
28571
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1596
Subject: Hickox, Joseph
Richardson
Glenn
Beebe
Moore
Dalton
Nelson
Pease, F. G. (Francis Gladheim), b. 1881
Hoisting machinery
Mirrors
Optical instruments
Astronomical instruments
Mount Wilson Observatory
Observatory domes
Interiors
Balconies
Coveralls
Suits (Clothing)
Hats
Group portraits. (gmgpc)
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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