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Washburn Observatory

Date: 06 17 1947
Description: Exterior of Washburn Observatory on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Telescope at Yerkes Observatory

Date: 1910
Description: The telescope inside the dome at Yerkes Observatory.
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Senator Wiley With Missile Model And Map Of Cuba

Date: 10 24 1962
Description: Senator Alexander Wiley posing with a model of a missile pointed at a map of Cuba.
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William Lundigan and John Howard

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Description: William Lundigan, as Colonel Ed McCauley, and John Howard as Dr. Rowland Kennedy, both dressed in space suits, stand next to each other in what appears to ...
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William Lundigan on Set of Men Into Space

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Description: William Lundigan, as Colonel Ed McCauley on the television show Men Into Space, stands outside a building on the lunar landscape set of the show. He...
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Astronauts on the Moon

Date: 07 21 1959
Description: Three men dressed in astronaut suits stand on the lunar landscape set of the television show Men Into Space. A spaceship can be seen in the backgrou...
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"Destination Moon" production still.

Date: 1950
Description: Two actors in space suits and suction cup boots work on the exterior of a spaceship in a production still for "Destination Moon." Behind them is a black sk...
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"Destination Moon" production still.

Date: 1950
Description: An actor in a space suit "floats" in front of a background of stars. Below him is a safety net and a technician watching on the right.
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Production still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: In a production still for "Destination Moon," an astronaut in a space suit is floating away from the spaceship. Two of his companions stand on the hull of ...
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John Archer and Tom Powers in "Destination Moon" scene still.

Date: 1950
Description: Actors John Archer (left) and Tom Powers (right) pose in the set for the interior of a spacecraft. Powers is buckled into a padded bunk.
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Lunar scene still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: Three space suited astronauts stand on the lunar surface against a background of stars in a scene still for "Destination Moon."
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Lunar scene still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: An astronaut in a spacesuit carries some stiff laundry on the surface of the moon in scene still for "Destination Moon." On his belt are a flashlight, an a...
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Two astronauts in a "Destination Moon" production still.

Date: 1950
Description: Two astronauts in spacesuits unload equipment from their spaceship onto the surface of the moon. One has camera equipment including an 8mm Bolex motion pic...
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"Destination Moon" prodution still with Warner Anderson, Dick Wesson, and John Archer.

Date: 1950
Description: From left to right, the actors Warner Anderson, Dick Wesson, and John Archer relax on a lunar set during the filming of "Destination Moon." They sit on sto...
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"Destination Moon" production still with actors and technicians.

Date: 1950
Description: Five crew members surround a large Technicolor camera on a crane. In the background is a large set of the surface of the moon with four astronauts standing...
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"Destination Moon" scene still with Tom Powers, Warner Anderson, and Dick Wesson.

Date: 1950
Description: "Destination Moon" scene still in the crew quarters of the spaceship with the actors Tom Powers, Warner Anderson, and Dick Wesson.
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Weightless food in a scene still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: The actor Tom Powers launches a banana and a sandwich up to Dick Wesson who floats at the top of the frame. The other two astronauts, Warner Anderson and J...
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John Archer walks down a wall in a scene still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: John Archer, wearing suction boots, walks down a wall of a spaceship interior in a scene still for "Destination Moon."
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Dick Wesson in a scene still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: In a demonstration of weightlessness, Dick Wesson sits sideways on a ladder in the interior of a spaceship. Floating near him, hung by threads, are a sandw...
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Four astronauts spacewalking in a scene still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: Three astronauts stand on the hull of a spaceship as fourth floats (supported by wires) in front of them. In the foreground is a gas canister.

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