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Title
Exterior view of Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, California, ca.1904-1909
Creator
James, George Wharton
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1904/1909
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, California, ca.1900. The great dome is open and turned toward the camera, at left. The astronomers' residence is located along the ridge further to the right. Several other smaller buildings and a windmill are located even further to the right. Low vegetation dots the sloping landscape.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m10553
USC-0-1-1-10701 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3939
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10553
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3939.jpg
Subject
Lick Observatory
Observatories--Lick Observatory
Observatories
Research facilities
Time Period
circa 1904/1909
Place
California
Santa Clara
USA
mountains: Mount Hamilton
Source
1-100-6 [Microfiche number]
3939 [Accession number]
CHS-3939 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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