Image / First model of Mount Wilson Observatory, under construction, showing topographical relief

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Title: First model of Mount Wilson Observatory, under construction, showing topographical relief
Date Created and/or Issued: 1920-02
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: First model of Mount Wilson Observatory under construction; view from west showing topographical relief.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type: Image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 8X10 print
Identifier: COPC 1143
29140
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1242
Subject: Mount Wilson Observatory--Models
Relief models
Astronomical observatories--Models
Observatories--Models
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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