Five men posed at Palomar Observatory for the dedication of the 60-inch telescope. (Left to right): Horace Babcock, the three Mayer brothers, and Harold Brown. The man standing second from the far right is Oscar G. Mayer Jr. The men are wearing suits and are standing outside an observatory building; a concrete wall and stairs are seen near them. The group is standing in front of a tree. Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
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