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Title: Two view of incomplete first model of Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1920-03
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: Two views of incomplete first model of Mount Wilson Observatory. The model is incomplete; buildings and structures are in place but surrounding trees and vegetation is not. The models are set into shallow wooden boxes.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type: Image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 8X10 print
Identifier: COPC 1141
29138
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1240
Subject: Mount Wilson Observatory--Models
Astronomical observatories--Models
Observatories--Models
Towers--Models
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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