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Title
Construction work between the old and new portions of Hale Observatories office building, Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena
Date Created and/or Issued
1969-12-11
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
Construction work between the old and new portions of Hale Observatories office building, Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena. There appear to be two construction vehicles in front of the two-story building. An unidentified construction worker is seen operating one of the two vehicles; he is digging holes for concrete footings. Concrete formwork is seen in the foreground. Other buildings and trees are seen in the background.
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 4X5 film neg
Identifier
COPC 1796
29793
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1951
Subject
Construction--California--Pasadena
Concrete construction--Formwork
Construction equipment
Construction workers--United States
Wheelbarrows
Buildings--California--Pasadena
Windows
Trees
Hale Observatories
Office buildings--California--Pasadena
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Pasadena (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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