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| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Telescope at Washburn Observatory with man at controls. |
| Date: | 02 10 1933 |
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| Description: | A man is sitting near a new photo electric cell equipment at Washburn Observatory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Also shown is a portion of... |
| Date: | 08 14 1931 |
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| Description: | Prof. C. Morse Huffer is standing with the 20 foot telescope in the Washburn Observatory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 11 08 1926 |
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| Description: | Small telescope at University of Wisconsin-Madison Washburn Observatory. |
| Date: | 11 08 1926 |
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| Description: | Large telescope at University of Wisconsin Washburn Observatory. |
| Date: | 06 17 1947 |
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| Description: | View looking up towards open dome as Olin Eggen, research astronomer, looks through the telescope at Washburn Observatory on the campus of University of Wi... |
| Date: | 01 20 1948 |
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| Description: | George E. Koehler, son of Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Koehler, 109 Chestnut Street, won a trip to Washington, D.C., for his bird watching and bird census work. He is... |
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| Description: | A sundial on a pedestal sits on Observatory Hill, overlooking trees, a rooftop, and part of Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Two girls and a boy pose holding flowers in the garden of William Llewellyn and Zona Gale Breese. The boy grips the gnomon of the sundial. The girl on the ... |
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| Description: | Exterior of "Old Main" at the State Normal School, founded in 1868. The view features a main entrance flanked by columns. A statue and a sundial stand on ... |
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| Description: | A view of a lawn at the State Normal School accented with a bust and sundial. Trees and various plantings dot the landscape. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A view of Yerkes Observatory at Williams Bay, Lake Geneva. It was the "largest refracting telescope in the world," according to "Wisconsin: A Guide To The ... |
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| Description: | A couple poses near a sundial on a brick walkway in a park. On the right is the original east wing of French Lick Springs Hotel, established in 1845 and bu... |
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| Description: | A sundial on the walkway shows the time around sunset at the entrance to the main house at House on the Rock. |
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| Description: | Metal astrolabe mounted on concrete base in Sid's backyard. The base is painted red with yellow Chinese characters, the Astrolabe is painted gold. In the ... |
| Date: | 07 21 1985 |
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| Description: | View of a man and a woman looking over a railing, with binoculars and a telescopic lens at hand. Caption reads: "Light keeper John Foote and researcher Lau... |
| Date: | 12 22 1953 |
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| Description: | From the observation window, G.M. Femrite is fixing his binocular field glasses on an incoming plane at the Truax Field control tower. |
| Date: | 08 19 1948 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Telescope with 40 in. Lens, Largest in the World. Williams Bay on Lake Geneva, Wisconsin." On reverse: "The 40 inch telescope of the ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The 40-inch telescope of the University of Chicago Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin. The object-glass has a diameter of 40... |
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