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U.S. Weather Bureau Station
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Chief meteorologist Rupert J. Batz at his desk at the U.S. Weather Bureau Station at North Hall on University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, is giving out the latest temperature reading over the telephone. The station started after 1853 when the Smithsonian institution offered to furnish equipment for weather observations.
August 24, 1947
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Meteorology Station
August 19, 1947
George R. Jenkins, assistant meteorologist, checking rain gauge on the roof of North Hall on University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus. The station started after 1853 when the Smithsonian Institution...
Equipment of the University of Wisconsin Meteorology Department
September 29, 1948
Assistant Professor Reid Bryson of the University of Wisconsin Meteorology department, and student Charles Thorngate, Middleton, examine an instrument located in a cornfield on campus near the Will...
Wayland Nolan
February 9, 1944
West High School student, Wayland Noland, amateur weather forecaster who wants to be an army meteorologist.
National Telephone Strike
1947
National telephone strike, showing one operator in the left half of east switchboard room of Wisconsin Telephone Company, 16 South Carroll Street.
Truax Field Communication Station
January 30, 1947
Three men working at the Civil Aeronautics Administration interstate communication station at Truax Field. From left to right are: Guy J. Blakely checking a weather report; B.W. Dripp, chief aircr...
Bureau of Audio Visual Instruction
November 28, 1947
Four people in the stacks of field movies at the University of Wisconsin Bureau of Audio Visual Instruction. Shown from the left are: Amy Anelerson, Mary Hicks, Joe Berg, and Darwin Carpenter.
