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Title
Giant 200-inch telescope lens arrives from New York to San Bernardino, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued
April 9, 1936
1936-04-09
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
The heavily guarded 200-inch telescope mirror arrived on a custom built freight car from Corning, New York to Southern California where it will be housed at the California Institute of Technology.
People gather around the recently arrived freight train to see the 200-inch glass lens that traveled across the country. The lens is partially obscured by a billboard that says, "200" Telescope Disc made by Corning Glass Works, Corning, NY." "PYREX" is written across the curve on top of the lens.
This photograph is possibly related to the article, “Train Crew Nervous Carrying Giant Lens,” Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 1936: 1, 2.
Handwritten on negative: 200 inch lens arrives San Berdoo 4/9/36
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14047
ark:/21198/zz002j7jxj
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Railroad freight cars--California--San Bernardino
Optical devices
Railroad tracks--California--San Bernardino
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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