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Title: General View of Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton
Creator: Hare, Alice 1859-1942
Date Created and/or Issued: 1900-1905
Publication Information: San Jose Public Library. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. California Room
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: Photograph of the Lick Observatory complex on Mount Hamilton. The main observatory building sits at the top of the mountain. The dome housing the 36 inch telescope is barely visible on the left. In front of the main observatory building is the imposing Astronomer's House. A stable, workshops, and residences are scattered around the mountain.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print; 13 x 17 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt5g502693
CSJ_136
ARB-B196
Language: English
Subject: Lick Observatory
Astronomical Observatories--California--Santa Clara County
Hamilton, Mount (Santa Clara County, Calif.)
Place: Santa Clara County (Calif.)

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