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Title
Mount Wilson Observatory Optical laboratory and shops, Pasadena
Date Created and/or Issued
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
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
Mount Wilson Observatory Optical laboratory and shops, Pasadena, as seen from the southeast. The concrete and brick buildings are visible behind various palms, trees and shrubs. Some of the windows bear awnings on the brick building in the foreground. The sidewalk and street adjacent to the buildings are clearly seen in the foreground.
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 1625
29622
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/694
Subject
Buildings, Reinforced concrete
Building, Brick
Roofing, Tile
Windows
Awnings
Electric lines--Poles and towers
Palms
Trees
Shrubs
Lawns
Sidewalks
Curbs
Streets--California--Pasadena
Laboratories
Materials testing laboratories
Optical laboratories
Workshops
Mount Wilson Observatory
Pasadena (Calif.)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Pasadena (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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