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Title: Polar axle of the 60-inch telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1908-08-06
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: Polar axle of the 60-inch telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory. The men pictured are Barnes, Ingram, & Bonham. Two of the three men are wearing coveralls, all three 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/tiff
Identifier: COPC 304
28301
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1110
Subject: Axles
Wheels
Telescopes
Large astronomical telescopes
Astronomical instruments
Machinery
Mount Wilson Observatory
Construction workers--United States
Coveralls
Hats
Interiors
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Group portraits. (gmgpc)
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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