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Title
Construction of the steel frame for the Snow telescope building, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1904-10-17
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Side view of the construction of the steel frame for the Snow telescope building, Mount Wilson Observatory. The steel framing is in place; several unidentified construction workers are on a platform on scaffolding, near the roof area. A wooden walkway is seen on the far left, in the foreground. Shrubs surrounding the building are also 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/jpeg
Identifier
COPC 219
28216
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1054
Subject
Construction--California
Construction workers--United States
Steel framing (Building)
Steel, Structural
Scaffolding
Shrubs
Mount Wilson Observatory
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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