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Yerkes Observatory

Date: 1935
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...
Poster

Mogul Tractor Test Track Advertising Poster

Date: 1915
Description: Advertising poster for Mogul tractors featuring an elevated view of a Mogul 8-16, 12-25 and 30-60 tractors on a test track in Chicago, Illinois. Includes t...
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Atomic Power Display

Date: 09 26 1946
Description: Display in the window of a pharmacy, explaining what happens to uranium as atomic power is produced.
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Pharmacy Processing Equipment

Date: 1889
Description: View of pharmaceutical processing equipment in the Pharmacie Werner. The pharmacy was located in Boulay, France.
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Pharmacy Class

Date: 1912
Description: Marquette University, School of Pharmacy, Class of 1912. Rial Herreman is identified as the third from the left in the back row.
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In the Laboratory

Date: 1920
Description: Rial Herreman prepares a mixture in the laboratory of his drugstore in Boyd, Wisconsin.
Postcard

Milwaukee's Flying Machine

Date: 1912
Description: Dr. A. Rudolph Silverston's vacu-aerial flying machine, as seen from the rear. Handwritten at top: "Rear View." Caption at bottom reads: "Silverston's Milw...
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Science Hall

Date: 1929
Description: View across Observatory Drive of east facade of Science Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Toledo Scale Outside Theater

Date: 01 31 1931
Description: Toledo scale outside Strand Theatre, 16 E. Mifflin Street. "Your weight free" advertising the movie "Reducing." On the right is a poster for the movie "Pai...
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Hydraulics Laboratory Building

Date: 07 30 1929
Description: Addition to Hydraulics laboratory building at the University of Wisconsin, 660 N. Park Street. Contractor J.P. Cullen & Son.
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Tank at Hydraulics Laboratory

Date: 03 05 1929
Description: Tank moving up the ramp at Hydraulics Laboratory, 660 N. Park Street, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Tanks at Hydraulics Laboratory

Date: 03 05 1929
Description: Tank in place at Hydraulics Laboratory, 660 N. Park Street. Taken from hill looking toward Lake Mendota, at the University of Wisconsin.
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Tanks at Hydraulics Laboratory

Date: 09 26 1928
Description: Elevated view of both tanks in place at the Hydraulics Laboratory, 660 N. Park Street, taken from upper road looking toward Lake Mendota, at the University...
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Hobart Manufacturing Company Store

Date: 02 28 1928
Description: Hobart Manufacturing Company Store, with Toledo Scales, located at 405 State Street.
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Hobart Manufacturing Co. Store

Date: 02 28 1928
Description: Hobart Manufacturing Co. Store, showing Toledo Scales, at 407 State Street.
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Washburn Observatory

Date: 1880
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...
Postcard

Yerkes Observatory

Date: 1905
Description: View across field towards the observatory. Caption reads: "Yerkes Observatory, Lake Geneva, Wis."
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Yerkes Observatory

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior of Yerkes Observatory.
Postcard

Entrance of Yerkes Observatory

Date: 1935
Description: The entrance to Yerkes Observatory. Caption reads: "Entrance, Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago, at Williams Bay, Wis."
Photograph

Yerkes Observatory

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior of Yerkes Observatory.

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