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| 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... |
| 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: | 08 01 1911 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Athletic Field, Young Men's Christian Association Camp. Lake Geneva, Wis." A group of young men exercise on on a large athletic f... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago at Williams Bay, Wisconsin." Founded in 1892 by astronomer George Ellery Hale and fin... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Old oak tree at University of Wisconsin Washburn Observatory. |
| Date: | 10 16 1927 |
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| Description: | Oak tree near Washburn Observatory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
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| Description: | Elevated panoramic view of the city of Madison, with the Wisconsin State Capitol and Lake Monona on the far left, and Picnic Point and Lake Mendota on the ... |
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| Description: | View looking uphill towards the Washburn Observatory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a tree in the foreground on the left. |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view over fields of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, showing, from right, Bascom Hall, the Observatory, and King Hall (1525 Observato... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Lake Geneva from the south extending to Waukesha and Milwaukee in the north. Delavan Lake and Lake Como are identified. Several electric... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Black Point sailing on Geneva Lake. Yerkes Observatory is in the far background. |
| Date: | 06 08 1908 |
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| Description: | Pen-and-ink on paper. Shows vicinity of Washburn Observatory and University Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Relief shown by contours and spot ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Yerkes Observatory showing the entrance and two domes. There are prairie plants in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the large dome of Yerkes Observatory. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Maria Mitchell, first woman astronomer in the United States at Vassar College. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Washburn Observatory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, showing telephone wires. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Telescope at Washburn Observatory with man at controls. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 08 1926 |
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| Description: | Large telescope at University of Wisconsin Washburn Observatory. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A group portrait of three women and two men outdoors on the steps of the Yerkes Observatory, a facility of the University of Chicago. |
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