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Telescope at Washburn Observatory

Date: 1930
Description: Telescope at Washburn Observatory with man at controls.
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Shooting for the Moon

Date: 05 14 1963
Description: Lunar trajectory paths and computations on a blackboard are discussed by employees of Milwaukee's Astronautics, Inc.
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Alan Shepard

Date: 1966
Description: Astronaut Alan Shepard (second from the left), then the head of NASA's astronaut office, talks with the press at Cape Canaveral before the Gemini 8. On Apr...
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Gemini 8 Astronauts

Date: 03 1966
Description: Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong (right) and David R. Scott, the two-man crew scheduled to fly Gemini 8, visiting the Lockheed plant where the Agena target veh...
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Gemini Interview

Date: 08 17 1965
Description: NBC News broadcaster Merrill Mueller interviewing Lockheed engineer Bud Zeller about the Gemini Agena Target Vehicle. The interview was part of a public re...
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Apollo 16 Before Launch

Date: 04 16 1972
Description: The Apollo 16 flight crew and backup crew at the breakfast served four hours before launch. With them, seated on the right side of the table and pointing, ...
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Astronaut Exhibit at Austin Straubel Airport

Date: 1965
Description: A traveling display about the NASA manned space program on exhibit at Austin Straubel Airport. Included in the exhibit is a model of a space capsule and a ...
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Telescope at Washburn Observatory

Date: 11 08 1926
Description: Small telescope at University of Wisconsin-Madison Washburn Observatory.
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Astronomer at Washburn Observatory

Date: 06 17 1947
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...
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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 Apollo Model

Date: 09 14 1962
Description: Senator Alexander Wiley posing with a cutaway model of an Apollo rocket. Behind him on a wall are portraits of Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy.
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Senator Wiley and Missile Model

Date: 10 23 1962
Description: Senator Alexander Wiley posing with a model of a missile. Near him on the desk are an American Flag and a globe.
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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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U.W. Madison Earth Satellite Project

Date: 12 04 1957
Description: Professor Verner Suomi of the University of Wisconsin meteorology department and leader of a university team building one of the U.S. satellites, is shown ...
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James Kitchell, Executive Producer, NBC News Space Unit

Date: 01 31 1969
Description: James Kitchell with a small and large model. Caption reads: "MOON SHIP MODEL — James W. Kitchell, executive producer of NB News' color television coverage ...
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Tinius Olsen Automatic Balance Correcting Machine

Date: 1960
Description: Caption reads: "Tinius Olsen Automatic Balance Correcting Machine for Engine Crankshafts."

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