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Mount Wilson Observatory truck carrying mirror lens for the 100-inch telescope, Mount Wilson

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Title: Mount Wilson Observatory truck carrying mirror lens for the 100-inch telescope, Mount Wilson
Date Created and/or Issued: 1916-09-08
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: Mount Wilson Observatory 3-ton truck on Mount Wilson, carrying 100-inch mirror cell; photo taken below 150-foot tower telescope; 100-inch telescope dome visible in background. The three (3) men on the truck are unidentified. Trees and shrubs are in the surrounding area.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type: Image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 8X10 print
Identifier: COPC 1346
29343
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1287
Subject: Mirrors
Trucks
Telescopes
Reflecting telescopes
Large astronomical telescopes
Men--California--Photographs
Mount Wilson Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Observatory domes
Trees
Shrubs
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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