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Title: Mount Wilson Observatory dome
Date Created and/or Issued: 1925
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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: Observatory dome for the Hooker 100-inch reflecting telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory. A ramp leading to the dome is visible, as are the stairs on the outside of the dome itself. Trees are visible in the surrounding area.
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 4X5 B/W print
Identifier: COPC 3337
31334
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/868
Subject: Observatory domes
Astronomical observatories
Mount Wilson Observatory
Ramps (Walkways)
Stairs
Trees
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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