Exterior view of the Palomar Observatory on Palomar Mountain, ca.1930

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Palomar Observatory on Palomar Mountain, ca.1930. A small complex of two one-story buildings built in the California Bungalo style is pictured on a grassy knoll at center. In the background, several trees can be seen to the right, while to the left, the reflective dome of the observatory is pictured. Mountains can be seen in the far distance.

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Title Exterior view of the Palomar Observatory on Palomar Mountain, ca.1930

Subject Observatories (lcsh), Palomar Observatory (subject), research facilities (adlf), San Diego County -- General (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), San Diego (city or populated place), San Diego (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1930

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), 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

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m8798

Identifier 8297 (accession number), CHS-8297 (call number), CHS-8297 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-9167 (legacy record id), chs-m8798 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-8931 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 9167

Unique identifier UC138695

Legacy Identifier CHS-8297.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.1 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
51.2 cm × 40.6 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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