California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Thirty-six foot refractor telescope inside the Lick Observatory dome on Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara, California, [s.d.]

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Thirty-six foot refractor telescope inside the Lick Observatory dome on Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara, California, [s.d.]

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Photograph of the thirty-six foot refractor telescope inside the Lick Observatory dome on Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara, California, [s.d.]. The cylinder of the massive telescope extends in 21 visible sections of buff metal, terminating at right with the eyepiece obscured by an array of adjustment cranks. More cranks can be seen on the mounting up to which a spiral staircase leads, and from which a secondary arm extends to the main cylinder. The interior of the dome is visible overhead, and just past the mounting, a strip of wood-paneled wall and a closed door are visible. A few large boxes are on the ground at right, below the telescope.

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Title Thirty-six foot refractor telescope inside the Lick Observatory dome on Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara, California, [s.d.]

Subject Astronomical instruments (lcsh), data collection facilities (adlf), Lick Observatory (subject), Observatories (lcsh), Observatories -- Lick Observatory (file heading), Telescopes (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Santa Clara (counties), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (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)

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-m17779

Identifier 6251 (accession number), CHS-6251 (call number), CHS-6251 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17765 (legacy record id), chs-m17779 (legacy record id), 1-100-17 (microfiche number)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17765

Unique identifier UC142762

Legacy Identifier CHS-6251.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 14.6 in × 17.7 in at 300dpi
37.1 cm × 45.0 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

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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