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Title: Guests at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1970-10-23
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: Guests at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. The fifteen (15) unidentified guests here are seated inside the Oscar G. Mayer memorial building which houses the 60-inch telescope. A small portion of the telescope is seen in the upper left-hand corner of the photograph. Several of the female guests are wearing fur garments; the men are wearing suits.
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 4X5 film neg; 1 8X10 print
Identifier: COPC 2192
30189
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/2198
Subject: Palomar Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Observatory domes
Interiors
Telescopes
Astronomical instruments
Women--California--Palomar--Photographs
Men--California--Palomar--Photographs
Dresses
Fur garments
Suits (Clothing)
Chairs
Windows
Group portraits. (gmgpc)
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Palomar, Mount (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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