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| Date: | 03 15 1953 |
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| Description: | American Exchange Bank, 1 North Pinckney, corner of North Pinckney and East Washington Avenue, a night photograph showing a lighted weather tower, United W... |
| Date: | 08 19 1947 |
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| Description: | George R. Jenkins, assistant meteorologist, checking rain gauge on the roof of North Hall on University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus. The station started a... |
| Date: | 09 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Assistant Professor Reid Bryson of the University of Wisconsin Meteorology department, and student Charles Thorngate, Middleton, examine an instrument loca... |
| Date: | 09 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Assistant Professor Verner Suomi of the University of Wisconsin Meteorology department shown adjusting part of the dew-point moisture indicator which he in... |
| Date: | 05 17 1934 |
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| Description: | A thermometer advertising an International Harvester dealership. The text on the thermometer reads: "South Arkansas Implement Company" and "McCormick-Deeri... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Rear view of man sitting in a Pan American World Airways Boeing 747 airplane cockpit. There are three seats and numerous switches, dials, knobs and indicat... |
| Date: | 08 1944 |
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| Description: | Meteorological instruments at Royal Air Force station Steeple Morden, located 3.5 miles west of Royston, Hertfordshire, England. |
| Date: | 11 23 2014 |
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| Description: | Close-up view of a rain gauge. A little under an inch of water is in the gauge. The gauge is on a decorative metal support that includes a painted sculptur... |
| Date: | 12 22 1953 |
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| Description: | Chief of weather operations, L.A. Joos, is on the telephone, while W.C. Williamson is standing at a slanted desk checking one of several weather maps. They... |
| Date: | 12 22 1953 |
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| Description: | Harold Evans launching a weather balloon from the pilot balloon shelter on top of the Truax Field control tower. |
| Date: | 12 04 1957 |
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| Description: | Professor Verner Suomi of the University of Wisconsin meteorology department and leader of a university team building one of the U.S. satellites, is shown ... |
| Date: | 12 06 1957 |
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| Description: | The small black sensor on the end of the antenna of a model Vanguard satellite, will detect differences in radiation as the satellite passes over the earth... |
| Date: | 12 08 1957 |
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| Description: | Image shows seven men in a U.W. research lab posing with a life-sized model of a satellite. Professor Verner Suomi of the meteorology department led a team... |
| Date: | 02 07 1958 |
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| Description: | Fred Hatch (32), U.S. Weather Bureau technician, will be returning to a small island near the North Pole to conduct experiments on solar energy, insulation... |
| Date: | 01 15 1959 |
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| Description: | Robert Butler, a public health technologist with the city health department, is examining a used filter. He is atop the second floor of the City-County bui... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A man is peering over his glasses at a thermometer fastened to the outside of his house. He is dressed warmly in a plaid coat, scarf and hat. A houseplant ... |
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