Workman performing maintenance on the 200-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. The unidentified man is standing on an elevated platform below the telescope. The interior of the observatory building is seen below the telescope, in the background.
Workmen washing the 200-inch telescope mirror on the floor of the dome, Palomar Observatory. Color photograph. Two unidentified men, both wearing brown shirts, pants and caps, wash the telescope mirror. One stands next to the mirror, seen at right,...
Workmen washing the 200-inch telescope mirror on the floor of the dome, Palomar Observatory. Color photograph. Four unidentified men, three standing on a platform and one perched in a chute above the center of the mirror, clean the mirror. Portions...
Workmen washing the 200-inch telescope mirror on the floor of the dome, Palomar Observatory. Color photograph. Four unidentified men stand on a platform around the perimeter of the mirror. The interior of the observatory building is seen in the...
Workmen washing the 200-inch telescope mirror on the floor of the dome, Palomar Observatory. Two men stand next to the mirror, and a third is perched near the center of the mirror.
Workmen washing the 200-inch telescope mirror on the floor of the dome, Palomar Observatory. Three unidentified workmen are seen around the edge of the mirror, and a fourth is seen standing on a platform above the mirror.
Guests arriving by bus at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. The bus is seen at the far left; the guests are standing outside the observatory building.
Guests outside the Oscar G. Mayer memorial building for the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. The observatory's door, named plaque and windows are seen behind the group of guests.
Guests arriving by bus for the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. Approximately twelve (12) unidentified male and felmale guests are seen near a bus outside an observatory building. The men are wearing suits; the women...
Guests arriving inside the Oscar G. Mayer memorial building at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. The unidentified men and women are seen standing near chairs, inside the observatory. A small portion of the observatory's...
Guests arriving inside the Oscar G. Mayer memoriabl building at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. The unidentified men and women are standing inside the observatory building; a small portion of the 60-inch telescope is...
Guests arriving inside the dome at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. A small group of unidentified men and women are seen entering the observatory dome, approaching the chairs. The interior balcony of the observatory is...
Guests at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. The fifteen (15) unidentified guests here are seated inside the Oscar G. Mayer memorial building which houses the 60-inch telescope. A small portion of the telescope is seen in...
Guests at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. The guests are seated in the Oscar G. Mayer Jr. memorial building which houses the telescope. The guests are listening to a guest speaker at the even. The ladder leading to the...
Guests seated inside the Oscar G. Mayer Jr. memorial building at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. The guests are seated in chairs.
Willis H. Shapley, Oscar G. Mayer Jr. and Caryl Haskins (left to right, front row) at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. The three men and the other guests, seated behind them, are inside the Oscar G. Mayer Jr. memorial...
Horace W. Babcock addressing guests at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. Babcock and the guests are inside the Oscar G. Mayer Jr. memorial building which houses the 60-inch telescope. Babcock stands behind a podium, in...
Horace W. Babcock addressing guests at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. Babcock and the guests are inside the Oscar G. Mayer memorial building which houses the 60-inch telescope. Babcock stands behind a podium placed in...
Harold Brown addressing the guests at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. Brown is standing behind a podium, inside the Oscar G. Mayer memorial building which houses the telescope. A small portion of the telescope is seen...
Harold Brown addressing the guests at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. Brown is standing behind a podium, inside the Oscar G. Mayer memorial building which houses the telescope. The small crowd of unidentified guests,...