Lot 362
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August 28, 2017
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362 •(DEEP SPACE) Large group of approximately 130 graphic telescopic photographs (in negative) depicting other-worldly galactic scenes of the night sky.
With many of the images from Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories depicting spiral nebulas and constellations and galaxies, as well as detailed phases of the Moon from Yerkes and Lick Observatories. Silver prints, the images measuring approximately 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), some slightly smaller, and the reverse, each with captions, in ink, on recto, or on labels affixed to recto, many also include various notations, in pencil and ink, on verso. Circa 1950s
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