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Title
Construction of the 100-inch telescope observatory dome, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1915
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Construction of the 100- inch telescope observatory dome, as seen from the south; dome shutter pointing south. Scaffolding surrounds the building and portions of the dome. Trees and shrubs are in the surrounding areas.
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 8X10 print
Identifier
COPC 502
28499
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/465
Subject
Observatory domes
Construction--California
Scaffolding
Mount Wilson Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Shrubs
Trees
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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