Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Mount Wilson Observatory" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
George Ellery Hale, Hooker Telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory, Mount Wilson telescope.
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"The New Mount Wilson Observatory"
The Fulton County News (McConnellsburg, PA), August 16, 1905, Image 4, col. 5.
"How the Lens for the Largest Telescope in the World will be Carried up Mt. Wilson on the Strangest Automobile Ever Made"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), November 4, 1906, Page 4, Image 4, col. 1.
"Hidden Secrets of the Sun to be Probed from a California Peak"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), January 27, 1907, Page 6, Image 6, col. 1.
"The Greatest Telescope Yet"
Willmar Tribune (Willmar, MN), February 20, 1907, Image 3, col. 7.
"A Huge Telescope"
New York Tribune (New York, NY), March 3, 1907, Page 2, Image 18, col. 3.
"Astronomers to Hold Meeting on Mount Wilson"
Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA), May 2, 1910, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Scientists Assert that New World"
The Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, OK), February 5, 1911, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"How Volcanoes Make Cold Summers"
Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, NE), April 27, 1913, part two editorial society, Image 19, col. 1.
"Finishing The Great Telescope that Will Bring 10,000,000 New Suns in Sight"
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA), August 20, 1916, Image 40, col. 1.
"Mirror in Clouds"
The Leavenworth Echo (Leavenworth, WA), August 24, 1917, Image 6, col. 1.
"New Telescope for Mount Wilson Will Bring Moon Within 24 Miles"
El Paso Herald (El Paso, TX), September 22, 1917, home edition, Page 2, Image 26, col. 1.
"California's New Giant"
Washington Times (Washington, DC), December 2, 1917, final edition, magazine section, Image 19, col. 1.

Mount Wilson Observatory: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America