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| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | The entrance to Yerkes Observatory. Caption reads: "Entrance, Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago, at Williams Bay, Wis." |
| Date: | 03 18 1973 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the University of Wisconsin Space Astronomy Laboratory at 35 North Park Street. |
| Date: | 06 17 1947 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Washburn Observatory on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
| Date: | 06 17 1947 |
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| Description: | View looking up towards open dome as Olin Eggen, research astronomer, looks through the telescope at Washburn Observatory on the campus of University of Wi... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Map reads "Our Country" which is accompanied by a sailor with a flag to the left and workers rejoicing under the Constitution and Laws to the right. Across... |
| Date: | 08 13 1970 |
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| Description: | Cover of "Chinook," an underground newspaper, featuring an ethereal drawing of a male hiker holding out a sign with an infinity symbol on it, as though he ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The telescope inside the dome at Yerkes Observatory. |
| Date: | 09 14 1962 |
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| Description: | Senator Alexander Wiley posing with a cutaway model of an Apollo rocket. Behind him on a wall are portraits of Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy. |
| Date: | 10 23 1962 |
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| Description: | Senator Alexander Wiley posing with a model of a missile. Near him on the desk are an American Flag and a globe. |
| Date: | 10 24 1962 |
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| Description: | Senator Alexander Wiley posing with a model of a missile pointed at a map of Cuba. |
| Date: | 1745 |
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| Description: | A two page world map featuring the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, as well as the northern and southern zodiacs. Additionally, the map is ordained with n... |
| Date: | 1745 |
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| Description: | A two page illustration featuring a small globe in the center of numerous astrological spheres. Additionally, the representation features writing, in Lati... |
| Date: | 1836 |
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| Description: | This map depicts Wisconsin and Michigan territories in 1836. It includes the area from Michigan to the Missouri River and Lake Winnipeg, and it shows the e... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Artist's illustration of a beryllium container built by the Solar Division of International Harvester. The container was intended to be used as a power sou... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Diagram showing components built for NASA's Apollo and Saturn programs by the Solar Division of International Harvester. Text reads: "Solar-built component... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | An Apollo 12 astronaut and lunar landing module on the moon's surface. The beryllium container in the foreground was built by the Solar Division of Interna... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | NASA towboat, the "Clermont", pulling a liquid oxygen tank in the canal system of the Mississippi Test Support Department. Original caption reads (in part)... |
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| Description: | The board game for the television show Men Into Space. It includes game pieces, trivia cards, a game board, and a spinner. |
| Date: | 08 22 1961 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Dr. Krafft A. Ehricke, program director of the astronautics division of General Dynamics Corporation. He spoke at the Wisconsin Union Theater t... |
| Date: | 1761 |
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| Description: | This map shows the western hemisphere. Much of the north-west coast of North America is left blank, but the rest of the map lists the names of rivers, citi... |
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