The Great 36-inch Telescope (end view), Lick Observatory, near San Jose, California

The Great 36-inch Telescope (end view), Lick Observatory, near San Jose, California

Bound volume

Isaiah West Taber

Maker
American, 1830–1912

The Great 36-inch Telescope (end view), Lick Observatory, near San Jose, California

From the album The Rounded World is Fair to See


ca. 1884
Albumen silver print
Image: 8 11/16 × 7 9/16 in. (22.1 × 19.2 cm)
Mount: 10 1/4 × 13 9/16 in. (26.1 × 34.5 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1974.0197.0013
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on mount, TR: 13
Inscribed in black ink on mount, TR: TELESCOPE. 56 feet in length 3 feet in Diameter \ Telescope and support \ weigh 14 tons.
Printed in image, B: No. 3. The Great 36-inch Telescope (end view), \ LICK OBSERVATORY, near San Jose, Cal.
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