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Title: Mount Wilson Observatory truck transporting the mirror cell for the 100-inch telescope
Date Created and/or Issued: 1916-09-08
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: Mount Wilson Observatory 3-ton truck on Mount Wilson road, carrying mirror cell for the 100-inch telescope; photo taken below 150-foot tower telescope. Three (3) unidentified men are riding in the truck, transporting the mirror cell. The mountain road is behind them; trees and shrubs are seen along the sides of the road. The three men are wearing hats.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type: Image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 8X10 print
Identifier: COPC 1345
29342
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1286
Subject: Trucks--California--Photographs
Mirrors
Telescopes
Reflecting telescopes
Large astronomical telescopes
Men--California--Photographs
Hats
Mountain roads--California
Trees
Shrubs
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Group portraits. (gmgpc)
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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