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| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | With a critical eye, Erich von Stroheim examines his make-up in a hand mirror. He sits outdoors in costume as the German military doctor Otto von Harden in... |
| Date: | 01 17 1980 |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips standing outdoors wearing a coat holding binoculars. |
| Date: | 01 17 1980 |
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| Description: | Group portrait at Horicon Marsh. Vel Phillips stands in the middle of the group wearing a coat and dark pants. The man on the far right is W. Dale Phillips... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | An American Indian woman is bending over the carcass of a young deer on the ground in a wooded area. A man, far right, is looking at the camera while holdi... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | A group portrait of The Gang at Camp 2. From left to right are: an unidentified man, Carl (who appears to be holding binoculars), Bill, Howard T., and Char... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration of an airplane with French markings flying in the sky. Two soldiers are in the foreground, one with binoculars, are looking off... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of two marine corpsmen on a shoreline. One Marine is standing and signaling with a signal flag to two battleships just off... |
| Date: | 07 21 1985 |
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| Description: | View of a man and a woman looking over a railing, with binoculars and a telescopic lens at hand. Caption reads: "Light keeper John Foote and researcher Lau... |
| Date: | 12 22 1953 |
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| Description: | From the observation window, G.M. Femrite is fixing his binocular field glasses on an incoming plane at the Truax Field control tower. |
| Date: | 04 10 1958 |
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| Description: | A group of Madison youth inspecting and setting up their telescopic equipment for gazing at the skies. This photograph accompanied an article about the gro... |
| Date: | 02 1966 |
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| Description: | A circular stone and cement sundial in a snowy yard. |
| Date: | 08 19 1948 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Telescope with 40 in. Lens, Largest in the World. Williams Bay on Lake Geneva, Wisconsin." On reverse: "The 40 inch telescope of the ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The 40-inch telescope of the University of Chicago Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin. The object-glass has a diameter of 40... |
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