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Title: Construction of the 60-inch telescope building, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1907-10
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 of the 60-inch telescope building, Mount Wilson Observatory. George Jones is standing on top of jin pole. The steel framework of the round observatory building is clearly seen. A pile of lumber is in the foreground, and trees are seen in the surrounding area.
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 294
28291
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1105
Subject: Construction--California
Construction projects
Construction equipment
Lumber
Jones, George
Round buildings
Steel framing (Building)
Steel, Structural
Scaffolding
Trees
Mount Wilson Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Buildings--California--Photographs
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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