California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Interior view of the observatory that houses the 60-inch reflecting telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory, ca.1930

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Interior view of the observatory that houses the 60-inch reflecting telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory, ca.1930

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Photograph of the interior view of the observatory that houses the 60-inch reflecting telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory, ca.1930. The telescope was used "for photographing stars, nebulae, and their spectra." The telescope appears to be very solid and made of mostly metallic parts. The interior of the observatory also appears to be very solidly built and made of mostly metallic parts. A system of wheels allows the dome to open up so that the telescope can view the skies. The telescope has a system of wheels that allow users to operate and reposition the telescope. A chair sits near the telescope. Instruments and radio-like equipment sits on a table in the background.; "George Ellery Hale built the 60-inch telescope in 1908; it was the largest telescope in the world at the time. The telescope is multi-purpose, capable of providing different optical configurations for a variety of uses. Its mirror, cast in 1894 by the Saint-Gobain glassworks in France, was given to Hale by his father. At present, the telescope is primarily used in the HK Project, which studies the chromospheric variability of lower main sequence and cool evolved stars. The Atmospheric Compensation Experiment (ACE) operated from 1992 to 1995 and used adaptive optics to obtain close to diffraction-limited images of naked-eye objects." -- unknown author.

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Title Interior view of the observatory that houses the 60-inch reflecting telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory, ca.1930

Subject Astronomical instruments (lcsh), Mount Wilson Observatory (subject), Observatories (lcsh), Observatories -- Mount Wilson Observatory (file heading), research facilities (adlf), Telescopes (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1930

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1930

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10574

Identifier 5674 (accession number), CHS-5674 (call number), CHS-5674 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-15693 (legacy record id), chs-m10574 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-10723 (legacy record id), 1-100-14 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 15693

Unique identifier UC143322

Legacy Identifier CHS-5674.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.8 in × 15.1 in at 300dpi
47.8 cm × 38.4 cm at 300dpi

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Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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