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Title: Five men posed outside of Palomar Observatory for the dedication of the 60-inch telescope
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: Five men posed outside of Palomar Observatory for the dedication of the 60-inch telescope. (Left to right): Horace W. Babcock, the three Mayer brothers, and Harold Brown. Oscar G. Mayer, Jr. is the man second in from the far right. The men are wearing suits, neckties, and coats. A concrete wall and stairs are seen at the far left; trees are 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 B/W print; 1 4X5 film neg
Identifier: COPC 2245
30242
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/2248
Subject: Babcock, Horace W
Mayer, Oscar G., 1914-
Brown, Harold
Astronomers
Palomar Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Suits (Clothing)
Neckties
Coats
Eyeglasses
Walls
Stairs
Trees
Group portraits. (gmgpc)
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Palomar, Mount (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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