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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... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Fenced-in, the cattle find a grassy pasture of Observatory Hill below Washburn Observatory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Washburn Observatory on the University on Wisconsin-Madison campus, with pedestrians on the surrounding grounds. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Washburn Observatory. Hill, trees and fields are in the background. A man is standing near a small obs... |
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| Description: | Underwood Observatory on the Lawrence College campus. Caption reads: "Underwood Observatory, Appleton, Wis." |
| 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: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of the city from across Lake Mendota at Picnic Point. There is a tree on the shoreline on the left, and a person is in a boat near the shoreline in th... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Observatory building on hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Lake Mendota and Picnic Point are in the background. |
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| Description: | View up hill of Washburn Observatory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The President's residence and a rear view of Bascom Hall are to the rig... |
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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. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Washburn Observatory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Washburn Observatory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
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| Description: | A view of the Portland Observatory and nearby houses. The observatory is a hexagonal brick building built in 1807 surmounted by a fenced walkway, a domed ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View up Congress Street, featuring the Portland Observatory. There are two sets of street railroad tracks. |
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| Description: | View of Vanderbuilt Tower, a round ivy-covered observation tower. |
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