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Title
Exterior view of Mount Wilson Observatory in snow, ca.1930-1940
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1930/1940
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of Mount Wilson Observatory in snow, ca.1930-1940. To the right of center, the observatory stands atop a hill beaming in the daylight. In the foreground, branches from trees frame the top of the image while various snow-covered trees and bushes surround the observatory. To the bottom right of the image a person walks through the snow in the foreground. Foot tracks are visible throughout the snow, forming a path to the observatory.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprint, photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm., 13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m10566
USC-2-1-1-10714 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-36390...-42385
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10566
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-42385.jpg
Subject
Mount Wilson Observatory
Observatories--Mount Wilson Observatory
Observatories
Snow
Research facilities
Time Period
circa 1930/1940
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
42385 [Accession number]
84-1-787 [Microfiche number]
CHS-42385; CHS-36390 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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