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Title
Snow telescope building, after a heavy snowfall, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1907-01-18
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Snow telescope building from the roof of the physical laboratory, Mount Wilson Observatory. Photograph taken after heavy snowfall, photographer's footprints visible in snow on lab roof. The photographer's footprints are in the foreground; to the right is a brick chimney. The trees and electrical poles and wires are covered in snow.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
COPC 240
28237
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1072
Subject
Observatories
Astronomical observatories
Mount Wilson Observatory
Snow
Electric lines--Poles and towers
Electric lines
Chimneys
Roofs
Trees
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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