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| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across field towards the observatory. Caption reads: "Yerkes Observatory, Lake Geneva, Wis." |
| 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: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Yerkes Observatory. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across Lake Mendota towards the lower campus buildings at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
| Date: | 10 03 1976 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Washburn Observatory, a gift to the University of Wisconsin-Madison from Cadwallader C. Washburn, on Observatory Hill overlooking Lake Mendota,... |
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| Description: | Panoramic photograph from top of Bascom Hall facing northwest, showing Picnic Point on the University of Wisconsin campus. Washburn Observatory visible to ... |
| Date: | 06 17 1947 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Washburn Observatory on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
| 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: | 12 09 1947 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Home Management house at 1430 Linden Drive. Seniors majoring in home economics were required to live f... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of the city from across Lake Mendota at Picnic Point. There is a tree on the shoreline on the left, and a person is in a boat near the shoreline in th... |
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| Description: | The college is set back from the road, behind a lawn with paths, benches, and trees. An observatory dome can be seen on the right side behind a roof. Capti... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Green Hall from the northeast. North end of Johnson Hall is at left foreground. Observatory tower and roof details of Merrill Hall in center background. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture, looking southeast. Fences and fields are in the foreground. There are two windmills near buildings ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Home Economics building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Washburn Observatory is on the hill behind. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Home Economics Building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Washburn Observatory is on the hill in the background. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Observatory building behind a group of trees on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Observatory building on hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Lake Mendota and Picnic Point are in the background. |
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