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Title: Banquet guests at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1970-10-23
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: Banquet guests at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. The guests are seated in the 200-inch telescope dome building. The guests (clockwise from left): Willis Shapley, Edward Ackerman, George Ellery Hale, (unidentified), (unidentified), (unidentified), Mrs. & Bruce Rule. The men are wearing suits and neckties; the women are wearing dresses.
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 2253
30250
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/2258
Subject: Dinners and dining
Palomar Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Astronomers
Scientists
Men--California--Palomar--Photographs
Women--California--Palomar--Photographs
Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938
Suits (Clothing)
Neckties
Dresses
Tables
Chairs
Interiors
Group portraits. (gmgpc)
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Palomar, Mount (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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