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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Washburn Observatory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, showing telephone wires. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Illustration of a scientist in his lab gazing at a test tube, with a caption in German that translates to "Eureka! I have found it!". |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Maria Mitchell, first woman astronomer in the United States at Vassar College. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Engraved portrait of J. Wesley Carhart of Racine, Methodist minister, physician, and inventor of a steam-powered automobile in 1871. Although impractical, ... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | View down Langdon Street of building at base of Bascom Hill at the intersection with Park Street. This building stood from 1876-1884. A horse and carriage ... |
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