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Title: Observatory dome of the Hooker 100-inch telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1920
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Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Observatory dome of the 100-inch Hooker reflecting telescope, as seen from the south, showing shutter open. Mount Wilson Observatory. An unidentified man is standing on a platform at the side of the dome building. A wooden walkway is visible leading to the building. Trees and shrubs are visible on either side of the dome building.
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 8X10 print; 1 8X10 film neg
Identifier: COPC 19
28016
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/728
Subject: Observatory domes
Reflecting telescopes
Large astronomical telescopes
Astronomical instruments
Mount Wilson Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Ramps (Walkways)
Shrubs
Trees
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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