VINTAGE VIEWS OF NEW YORK

        Glass Observatory Housing 200 Inch Telescope Disc
        Corning, NY., The Crystal City

         
          Original 200-inch telescope disc, world's largest piece of glass and Civic Observatory Museum where it is on exhibition. Free to the Public. The disc which weighs twenty tons was poured at Corning Glass Works, March 25, 1934. The Museum was dedicated September 2, 1939.
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        Post Card Era:  Linen
        Card Number:  9A-H1898
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