Guests at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. The telescope (seen in the upper right-hand corner) and the guests are in the Oscar G. Mayer memorial building. (left to right): Paul Scherer, Art Hoag, Bruce Rule, Lee Dubridge, Maarten Schmidt, (unidentified), and Mrs. Rule. The men are wearing suits; the women are wearing dresses. Several unoccupied chairs are seen among the guests. Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
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