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File:The quarter phase moon (i.e. half moon) taken from the Mount Lowe Observatory, ca.1920 (CHS-845).jpg

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The quarter phase moon (i.e. half moon) taken from the Mount Lowe Observatory, ca.1920
Photograph of the quarter phase moon (i.e. half moon) taken from the Mount Lowe Observatory, ca.1920. Craters are clearly visible.
Call number: CHS-845
Filename: CHS-845
Coverage date: circa 1920
Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Type: images
Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections
Format: glass plate negatives
Microfiche number: 1-100-2
Archival file: chs_Volume90/CHS-845.tiff
Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 22 x 17 cm.
Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Project: USC
Accession number: 845
Repository email: specol@usc.edu
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: circa 1920
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs
Legacy record ID: chs-m14691; USC-1-1-1-14190
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Subject (file heading): Astronomy
Subject (lcsh): Astronomy; Moon; Observatories
Subject: Mount Lowe Observatory
Date circa 1920
date QS:P,+1920-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Source http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/15322
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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