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Title
Construction of a new museum building, Mount Wilson
Date Created and/or Issued
1936-08
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Construction of a new museum building, Mount Wilson. The Observatory's 150-foot tower telescope is seen in the background, amidst some trees. Stacks of boxes are in the foreground.
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
Identifier
COPC 807
28804
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1737
Subject
Construction--California--Mount Wilson--Photographs
Buildings--California--Mount Wilson--Photographs
Boxes
Towers
Observatory domes
Observatories
Mount Wilson Observatory
Trees
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson C(alif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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