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Workers remove a ladle of glass from the melting oven [picture].

Workers remove a ladle of glass from the melting oven [picture].

[Photograph of McCauley and Hostetter standing in front of 200" disk] [picture].
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[Photograph of two men stenciling letters onto support for capsule containing 200" disk aboard train for Palomar] [picture].
 
 
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Publisher: 
1934.
Subjects: 
Corning Glass Works.
Glass manufacture New York (State) Corning 20th century.
Hale telescope.
Optical instruments Design and construction.
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Bib ID: 
119817
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Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm.
Notes
Displayed in the exhibition titled "Mirror to Discovery: The 200-inch Disk and the Hale Reflecting Telescope at Palomar" held at the Rakow Research Library from January 10-October 30, 2011.
A reproduction made from a digital image of this item was displayed in the exhibition titled "Mirror to Discovery" held at the National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK, May 31-September 9, 2012.
Photographed January 2011 for the exhibition titled "Mirror to Discovery: The 200-inch Disk and the Hale Reflecting Telescope at Palomar" held at the Rakow Research Library from January 10-October 30, 2011. (Photography no. 1000102048).
Photograph is of six workers removing ladle of glass from oven; the man closest to ladle is probably Charlie Wilson, known for wearing a protective facial shield attached to a catcher's mask.
This item is in the "Hostetter Collection" archive.