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Title: Guests at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1970-10-23
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: Guests at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. The telescope and guests are in the Oscar G. Mayer memorial building. (left to right): Robert Christie, Maarten Schmidt, (unidentified), (unidentified), and Lee Dubridge. The telescope is seen in the background, behind the guests. A female guest, seen in the foreground, is wearing a fur stole over her dress. The men are wearing suits.
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 2232
30229
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/2238
Subject: Palomar Observatory
Interiors
Astronomical observatories
Telescopes
Men--California--Palomar--Photographs
Women--California--Palomar--Photographs
Suits (Clothing)
Dresses
Fur garments
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Palomar, Mount (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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