California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Interior view of Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, California, ca.1904-1909

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Interior view of Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, California, ca.1904-1909

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Photograph of an interior view of a dome at Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, California, showing the eye-piece end of the 36 inch refractor telescope, ca.1904-1909. Seven small wheels attached to spoked rods around the end of the telescope adjust various lens distances. A small hatch in the side of the telescope provides access to the inside. The barrel of the telescope consists of multiple rings rivited together. The inside of the dome of the observatory is visible in the background above the wood walls below. A rail runs around the periphery of the curved walls. Part of the dome rotating mechanism is visible at the juncture between the dome and walls. Part of a platform is visible in the foreground at bottom.

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Title Interior view of Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, California, ca.1904-1909

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), mountains: Mount Hamilton (geographic subject), Santa Clara (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1904/1909

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 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 1904/1909

Creator James, George Wharton (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-m10555

Identifier 3942 (accession number), CHS-3942 (call number), CHS-3942 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-15683 (legacy record id), chs-m10555 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-10703 (legacy record id), 1-100-9 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 15683

Unique identifier UC143473

Legacy Identifier CHS-3942.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 12.9 in at 300dpi
43.3 cm × 32.8 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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