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Title
Echo Mountain Observatory and surrounding mountain seen from a distance, April, 1924
Date Created and/or Issued
1924-04-01
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of Echo Mountain Observatory and surrounding mountain seen from a distance, April 1st,1924. In the distance right of center, an observatory can be seen glistening in the sunlight on top of a mountain. In the foreground, the individual trees that cover the mountain are visible along with the trails and roads that lead to the observatory. A mountain range can be seen on the horizon while fluffy white clouds cover the sky.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5124
USC-0-1-1-5226 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-26669
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5124
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-26669.jpg
Subject
Observatories--Mount Wilson Observatory
Observatories
Mountains
Time Period
1920/1929
1924-04-01
Place
Altadena
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
26669 [Accession number]
CHS-26669 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: E-6228 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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