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Robert Stiles polishing the Palomar 60-inch quartz disk at Hale Observatories' Pasadena machine shop

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Title: Robert Stiles polishing the Palomar 60-inch quartz disk at Hale Observatories' Pasadena machine shop
Date Created and/or Issued: 1969-04
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: Robert Stiles polishing the Palomar 60-inch quartz disk at Hale Observatories' Pasadena machine shop. Stiles is seen at the far right, with his hands on the disk. The polishing machine is above him.
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 5X7 film neg; 1 8X10 print
Identifier: COPC 2161
30158
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/2063
Subject: Stiles, Robert
Machinists
Grinding and polishing
Polishing wheels
Machines
Machine shops
Interiors
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Pasadena (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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