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Title
Charles I Schrock, grinding a mirror at the Mount Wilson Observatory Optical laboratory, Pasadena
Date Created and/or Issued
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
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
Charles I. Schrock, grinding a mirror in the Mount Wilson Observatory Optical laboratory, Pasadena. Schrock is standing at the edge of the circular grinding machine, and is wearing a white shirt, a white apron, and a white kerchief on his head. Other machinery can be seen in the room near the grinding machine.
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 Glass neg 5x7
Identifier
COPC 1766
29763
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/531
Subject
Schrock, Charles I
Opticians
Telescope makers
Glass grinding and polishing
Machinery
Optical laboratories
Workshops
Laboratories
Interiors
Kerchiefs
Headgear
Aprons
Eyeglasses
Portrait photographs
Pasadena (Calif.)
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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