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Great dome of the Yerkes Observatory, viewed from the east, with telescope visible through the opening

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Title: Great dome of the Yerkes Observatory, viewed from the east, with telescope visible through the opening
Date Created and/or Issued: 1896
1897
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: The great dome of Yerkes Observatory, from the east, after installation of the metal sheeting has been completed. The telescope can be seen through the opening..
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: Black and white photograph; 22.5 x 19 cm
Identifier: Yerkes Observatory #037
44141
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/34
Subject: Yerkes Observatory
Observatory domes
Large astronomical telescopes
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Williams Bay (Wis.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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