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Palomar Observatory was the subject of the Caltech float in the 1950 Rose Parade. Planned by noted industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss and built by students, the chrysanthemum-covered float had a telescope with an eight-foot-long tube mounted on a turntable with a diameter of nine feet. Historical photographs--Pasadena. January 1950
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