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Title: Transportation of the 200-inch mirror to Palomar Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1947-11-19
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: Transportation of the 100-inch mirror to Palomar Observatory. A caravan of trucks deliver the mirror. Trees and shrubs grow on the sides of the road.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type: image
Format: image/tiff
Extent: 1 8X10 print
Identifier: COPC 2592
30589
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1825
Subject: Mirrors
Trucks
Palomar, Mount (Calif.)
Trees
Shrubs
Mountain roads--California--Mount Palomar
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Palomar, Mount (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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