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rotating double-slide 4x5 inch plate holder for 61-inch Wyeth telescope
Date: circa 1933
Inventory Number: 2016-1-0058
Classification: Photographic Plate Holder
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Maker: American
User: Oak Ridge Station (1931 - 2005)
User: George R. Agassiz Station, Harvard (1951 - 1982)
User: Harvard College Observatory (founded 1839)
Associate Name: Stuart Wyeth (1862 - 1929)
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rotating, double slide plate holder, unsigned, with masking tape on which is written "61 in."
Historical AttributesThis plate holder might have originally been used with the 8-inch astrograph at Oak Ridge Observatory, and later with the 61-inch Wyeth telescope.
ProvenanceOak Ridge Observatory, Harvard, MA, building #16; transfer to CHSI, 2016.