Mount Wilson Observatory, interior, Mount Wilson, 1930-1934

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Negative damaged: adhesive or paper residue at bottom edge; diagonal streaks or fold from top right to bottom left, Handwritten at edge of negative: 2150, Interior view of Mt. Wilson Observatory dome, with about 35 people gathered around 60-inch telescope, most standing, some seated, some on 2 ladders, with starry sky visible through open dome, Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2150, Mt Wilson. Pls ret negs. Photo by Adelbert Bartlett, 535 15th Street, Santa Monica, Calif. View showing night crowd of tourists at 60 inch telescope point to Jupiter, 130,000,000 miles away. 4, 8LW, 208R1694