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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: | 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: | 1935 |
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| Description: | The entrance to Yerkes Observatory. Caption reads: "Entrance, Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago, at Williams Bay, Wis." |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Observatory building behind a group of trees on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Two women are walking on the lawn towards the observatory building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A car is parked on the lawn near a tree o... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View up hill of observatory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Side View of observatory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Washburn Observatory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. There is a small, covered entrance on the right side of the building. |
| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | This map shows Black Point estate including buildings and signs, as well as a school and store near the village of Linton, country clubs, roads, Yerkes Obs... |
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