George Hale and Margaret Hale Scherer outside the Oscar G. Mayer memorial building at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. Hale, on the left, is wearing a suit and necktie. Mrs. Scherer is standing to his left, and is wearing a plaid skirt under her coat. The door and windows of the observatory building are seen behind them. Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
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