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Title
Tree and root removal, Mount Wilson
Date Created and/or Issued
1907-06-04
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Roots of pine tree to be removed to make room for the 60-inch telescope dome. Mount Wilson. An unidentified construction worker is cutting away at the roots of a pine tree prior to the tree's removal.
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 281
28278
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1088
Subject
Construction workers--United States
Hats
Conifers--Roots
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Trees
Shrubs
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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