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Title: Transportation of 100-inch mirror to Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1917-07
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: Transportation of 100-inch mirror to Mount Wilson Observatory. The mirror is covered with a white tarpaulin and is loaded into the back of a truck. A small crowd of men and women surround the mirror on the truck. One of the Observatory's domes is seen behind some trees. The truck with the mirror is seen approaching the Observatory on a dirt road.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type: image
Format: image/tiff
Identifier: COPC 581
28578
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1473
Subject: Mirrors
Tarpaulins
Trucks
Mount Wilson Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Observatory domes
Dirt roads
Mountain roads
Crowds
Men--California--Mount Wilson--Photographs
Women--California--Mount Wilson--Photographs
Trees
Shrubs
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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