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Title: Postcard of Lick Observatory by Moonlight
Date Created and/or Issued: 1900-1920
unknown
Publication Information: San Jose Public Library. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. California Room
Edward H. Mitchell
Contributing Institution: San José Public Library, California Room
Collection: Collection on Santa Clara County's Agricultural Past
Rights Information: Public domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Postcard view of the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton at night. Stairs lead from the road up to the Astronomer's House with brightly lit windows. On the right is the dome for the 12-inch refractor telescope and on the left the dome housing the 36-inch refractor. A full moon shines in the sky to the left.
Type: image
Format: 1 postcard: col.; 9 x 14
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt187024m7
csj_075
CAL-PC-SCC-MTHAM
Language: English
Subject: Lick Observatory
Astronomical Observatories--California--Santa Clara County
Hamilton Mount (Santa Clara County, Calif.)
Place: Mount Hamilton (Calif.)

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