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Photograph

Badger Village Star Gazer, Man with Homemade Telescope

Date: 1955
Description: Interior portrait of a man sitting at a kitchen table adjusting his homemade telescope. His wife is washing dishes behind him. Open shelves on the wall dis...
General Information

Chasing the Stars

How the Astronomers of Observatory Hill Transformed Our Understanding of the Universe
Chasing the Stars traces the history of the University of Wisconsin’s Washburn Observatory
Newspaper Article/Clipping

"Evening Record" Page Two

Date: 03 15 1896
Description: Page two of the "Evening Record." The handwritten newspaper includes several hand-drawn illustrations. On the top center of the page, one illustration port...

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