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Photograph

Date:	1935
Description:	Elevated exterior view of Yerkes Observatory. Geneva Lake is in the background, left. Roads and sidewalks cross the sweeping, well tended lawns. The desi...

Photograph

Date:	1880
Description:	Maria Mitchell, first woman astronomer in the United States at Vassar College.

Postcard

Date:	1905
Description:	View across field towards the observatory. Caption reads: "Yerkes Observatory, Lake Geneva, Wis."

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