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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: | 10 16 1927 |
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| Description: | Oak tree near Washburn Observatory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Old oak tree at University of Wisconsin Washburn Observatory. |
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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: | Colorized elevated postcard view of Yerkes Observatory near the shore of Lake Geneva. Caption reads: "Yerkes' Observatory, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin." |
| 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... |
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