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PALOMAR OBSERVATORY. Eighteen years ago a new kind of glass was developed which was almost impervious to heat. This made possible and feasible the building of a huge mirror and construction of a telescope twice the size of any in existence. Polished and perfected over a period of seven years at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, the 200-inch mirror was installed in 1947 in the 10-story observatory on Mt. Palomar, 70 miles from San Diego. Open to the public. Reached over paved highway.
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Palomar Observatory, California
PALOMAR OBSERVATORY. Eighteen years ago a new kind of glass was developed which was almost impervious to heat. This made possible and feasible the building of a huge mirror and construction of a telescope twice the size of any in existence. Polished and perfected over a period of seven years at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, the 200-inch mirror was installed in 1947 in the 10-story observatory on Mt. Palomar, 70 miles from San Diego. Open to the public. Reached over paved highway.
Publisher: Union Oil Co. of California (founded in 1890)
American
1948
Medium/Technique
Photochrome on card stock.
Dimensions
Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.11164
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionBack: divided. Mint. TOUR THE WEST THIS YEAR WITH 76 UNION GASOLINE
UNION OIL COMPANY'S Natural Color Scenes of the West.
MADE IN U.S.A.
UNION OIL COMPANY'S Natural Color Scenes of the West.
MADE IN U.S.A.
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)