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| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Elevated exterior view of Yerkes Observatory. Geneva Lake is in the background, left. Roads and sidewalks cross the sweeping, well tended lawns. The desi... |
| Date: | 1823 |
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| Description: | In 1823 U.S. Army major Stephen H. Long led an expedition of scientific, trade, and military investigation up the Mississippi River and the Red River of th... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Edward A. Birge and Chancey Juday with plankton trap in Lake Mendota. From album of photographs relating to the research in limnology conducted at Trout La... |
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| Description: | Dr. Edward Ashael Birge reading a sun machine inside a car. In 1875 Dr. Birge first came to teach natural history at the University of Wisconsin, and remai... |
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| Description: | Dr. Edward Ashael Birge paddling on a raft in Trout Lake. In 1875 Dr. Birge first came to teach natural history at the University of Wisconsin, and remaine... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Dr. E.A. Birge in his element, reading an anemometer of the weather data station on Green Lake. |
| Date: | 03 28 1929 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the south east of men constructing the concrete forms for the roof of the addition to the University of Wisconsin-Madison hydraulics lab... |
| Date: | 03 05 1929 |
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| Description: | Tank moving up the ramp at Hydraulics Laboratory, 660 N. Park Street, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
| Date: | 03 03 1929 |
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| Description: | Tank at Hydraulics Laboratory, 660 N. Park Street, moving half way up the ramp, taken from below showing end of tank, at the University of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 03 05 1929 |
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| Description: | Tank at Hydraulics Laboratory, 660 N. Park Street, before moving up the ramp. Taken from hill looking toward Lake Mendota, at the University of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 03 05 1929 |
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| Description: | Tank at Hydraulics Laboratory, 660 N. Park Street, before moving up the ramp. Taken from below showing end of tank, at the University of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 03 05 1929 |
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| Description: | New tank in place at Hydraulics Laboratory, 660 N. Park Street. Taken from below, at the University of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 03 05 1929 |
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| Description: | Tank in place at Hydraulics Laboratory, 660 N. Park Street. Taken from hill looking toward Lake Mendota, at the University of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 09 26 1928 |
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| Description: | Tanks at Hydraulics Laboratory, 660 N. Park Street, before moving, taken from hill looking toward Lake Mendota, at the University of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 09 26 1928 |
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| Description: | First tank at Hydraulics Laboratory, 660 N. Park Street, moving into place, taken from hill looking toward Lake Mendota, at the University of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 09 26 1928 |
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| Description: | First tank at Hydraulics Laboratory, 660 N. Park Street, moving into place, taken from upper road looking toward Lake Mendota, at the University of Wiscons... |
| Date: | 09 26 1928 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of both tanks in place at the Hydraulics Laboratory, 660 N. Park Street, taken from upper road looking toward Lake Mendota, at the University... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A man sets up a cone-shaped instrument designed to distill fresh water from salt water as he leans out of a small motor boat on the water. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Yerkes Observatory. |
| Date: | 05 24 1945 |
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| Description: | Bennie Berg standing on a lake shore dock next to a Hoover Boat Line boat. Also shows his invention to aid in launching, the Berg's Inc. Boat Roller. |
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