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Title
Three men outside a dome at Lick Observatory
Contributor
Gordon, John C. (photographer) (Creator)
Contributing Institution
San José State University, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
John C. Gordon Photographic Collection
Rights Information
Copyright is assigned to the San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Special Collections & Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Description
Three men stand outside a dome at Lick Observator. The dome is situated to the east of the main building and dormitory.
This may be the Tauchmann Dome, which houses a 22-inch reflector.
Crossley reflector?
Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
islandora:78_1565
filename: jcg_lick_observatory_017
islandora: 78_1565
Subject
Technology
People
Astronomical observatories
Domes
Men
Lick Observatory
Place
Mount Hamilton Range
California
Relation
John C. Gordon Photograph Collection

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