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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the large dome of Yerkes Observatory. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Yerkes Observatory showing the entrance and two domes. There are prairie plants in the foreground. |
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| Description: | A view of the Portland Observatory and nearby houses. The observatory is a hexagonal brick building built in 1807 surmounted by a fenced walkway, a domed ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago at Williams Bay, Wisconsin." Founded in 1892 by astronomer George Ellery Hale and fin... |
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