The top photo shows a group of people with Edwin Hubble (at right) greeting the 200-inch Pyrex disc as it arrived at Lamanda Park in Pasadena, CA on April 10, 1936.The photo below, also taken by Ferdnand Ellerman, shows the scene later that day as a crowd gathered to see the 200-inch as it was removed from the rail car.
The next day it was taken by the Belyea Truck Co. to the optical shop at Caltech. Work on the 20-ton glass disc began shortly there after. No one at the time would have imagined that it would remain there for eleven and a half years.
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Scott, thanks for posting these great 200" historical photos. Love seeing them!
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