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Title
First model of Mount Wilson Observatory under construction
Date Created and/or Issued
1920-03
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
First model of Mt. Wilson Observatory under construction; perspective view from the east showing buildings in place.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
COPC 1146
29143
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1244
Subject
Mount Wilson Observatory--Models
Astronomical observatories--Models
Observatories--Models
Towers--Models
Tables
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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