Universal View Co.
On the Zig Zag Road (365 Turns in Seven Miles) up Mt. Hamilton to Lick Observatory, San Jose, California

On the Zig Zag Road (365 Turns in Seven Miles) up Mt. Hamilton to Lick Observatory, San Jose, California
On the Zig Zag Road (365 Turns in Seven Miles) up Mt. Hamilton to Lick Observatory, San Jose, California
PublisherAmerican
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • On the Zig Zag Road (365 Turns in Seven Miles) up Mt. Hamilton to Lick Observatory, San Jose, California
Datec. 1905
PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumGelatin silver stereograph
DimensionsImage: 3 1/4 × 3 in. (8.3 × 7.6 cm)
 Mount: 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of William J. Hill
Object number2004.1222.41
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Object Type
ProvenanceWilliam J. Hill, Houston; given to MFAH, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed on the left edge of the mount:
"Sold only by Univeral View Co. / Office: Philadelphia U.S.A."

Printed on the right edge of the mount:
"Universal Vew Co. Publishers / Studio-Philadelphia."

Numbered and Titled lower right:
"On the Zig Zag Road (365 Turns in Seven Miles) up Mt. / Hamilton to Lick Observatory, San Jose, California / Copyright 1906 by E. W. Kelley."



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