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| 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... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of passengers arriving on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad train at the Williams Bay station. Many automobiles are parked near the depot, ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across field towards the observatory. Caption reads: "Yerkes Observatory, Lake Geneva, Wis." |
| 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: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Yerkes 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. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The telescope inside the dome at Yerkes Observatory. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the large dome of Yerkes Observatory. |
| 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: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A view of Yerkes Observatory at Williams Bay, Lake Geneva. It was the "largest refracting telescope in the world," according to "Wisconsin: A Guide To The ... |
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| Description: | Left side view of locomotive engine no. 2630, a steam locomotive of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company. |
| Origin of Williams Bay, Wisconsin |
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| Discover the history of Williams Bay, Wisconsin |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Ten students sitting at their desks in the classroom at Bay Hill School. Their teacher, Alice Holloway, stands at the back holding a book. Blackboards cove... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards a car parked in front of the main building at Holiday Home Camp. The rambling wood frame building has several sets of stairs leadi... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A simple wood frame cottage is built into the slope of the hill above Geneva Lake at Holiday Home Camp. A second building is seen in the background. |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards a rural schoolhouse near Williams Bay. Hand-tinted lantern slide. |
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