From the March 14, 1936, issue

MOVING GIANT TELESCOPE DISK PROVIDES A PROBLEM

Light softly suffused through the great 200-inch disk for the world’s largest telescope gave the photographer a rare opportunity to show its beauty.

The tricky problem of moving this important and delicate astronomical treasure from the Corning Glass Works in Corning, N.Y., to California, is giving engineers, scientists, and designers an unusual task.