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Title
Mount Wilson Observatory's office building and physical laboratory, Pasadena
Date Created and/or Issued
1909-11-23
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
Mount Wilson Observatory's original office building (left) and new physical laboratory (right), Pasadena, California. Both buildings appear to be brick structures; windows and doorways are visible. Grass lawns, new plants, a sidewalk and street are visible in the foreground. To the left-hand side, domestic houses are seen. Electric utility poles and wire are seen in the background.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type
image
Format
image/tiff
Identifier
COPC 1606
29603
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1027
Subject
Office buildings--California--Pasadena--Photographs
Laboratories
Brickwork
Dwellings
Windows
Roofs
Doors
Lawns
Sidewalks
Curbs
Streets--California--Pasadena
Electric lines--Poles and towers
Wire
Pasadena (Calif.)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Pasadena (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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