Lick Observatory Summit of Mt. Hamilton California 1917 Photogravure Print

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Lick Observatory Summit of Mt. Hamilton California 1917 Photogravure Print
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL 1917 PHOTOGRAVURE PRINT
THIS IS TITLED
LICK OBSERVATORY SUMMIT OF MT. HAMILTON
Near San Jose California
THIS IS NOT A MODERN REPRINT
THE SIZE IS APPROXIMATELY
9 1/2" (24 cm.) x 7" (18 cm.)
THIS PRINT IS IN FAIR CONDITION
SOME SOILING ALONG TOP EDGE - SEE IMAGE ABOVE
THIS IS NOT A MODERN REPRINT
THIS IS PRINTED ON HEAVY STOCK PAPER
THERE IS TEXT ON THE BACK OF THE PRINT
VERY MILD AGE-TONING (PATINA)
MINIMAL  FOXING
EDGES MAY BE SOILED - ROUGH/CHIPPED - W/SHORT TEARS
SEE THE SCAN ABOVE!
Lick Observatory is the world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory.
The observatory, in a Classical Revival style structure, was constructed between 1876 and
1887, from a bequest from James Lick of 0,000 (approximately million in 2014 US
dollars).
Lick, although primarily a carpenter and piano maker, chose the precise site
atop Mount Hamilton and was buried there in 1887 under the future site of the telescope,
with a brass tablet bearing the inscription, "Here lies the body of James Lick".[
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