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| 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 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: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Map showing the location of meteorological stations and effects that Lake Michigan has had on Wisconsin temperatures in January and July. The map shows cou... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Aerial view over University Avenue of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, including University farm in the upper middle. The shoreline of Lake Mend... |
| Date: | 04 10 1937 |
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| Description: | On April 10th, 1937, Max Nohl (shown in the dive suit) along with John Craig made a dive on the shipwreck Norland in order to perform another early ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A man is operating an International 8-16 tractor around a wet area in a field at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. On the right is a tr... |
| Date: | 07 09 1954 |
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| Description: | View of the University of Wisconsin Hydraulics Laboratory at 660 N. Park Street, seen from Lake Mendota. Automobiles are parked along the shore. |
| Date: | 07 09 1954 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the University of Wisconsin Hydraulics Laboratory at 660 North Park Street. Automobiles are parked along Lake Mendota shoreline in front o... |
| Date: | 12 1860 |
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| Description: | Graph showing the profile of a semi-diurnal spring tidal curve deduced from 5452 half hourly ordinates obtained from the records of self registering tide g... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | This map is one of the earliest weather maps of the United States, which traced an 1859 storm across the continent. Manuscript annotations in red ink show ... |
| Date: | 08 1960 |
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| Description: | This map shows a detailed account of southwestern Wisconsin. Individual settlers, the type of trees that grow in given areas, the quality of the soil (labe... |
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| Description: | Two young women wearing waders are standing in a creek or small river. One of the women is holding a net just above the water, while the other women is exa... |
| Date: | 02 1977 |
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| Description: | A man is kneeling on the ice and snow at Potter's Lake. He is running a machine that is testing the oxygen levels in the water, while recording the results... |
| Date: | 01 13 1937 |
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| Description: | Sketch map of Township 7 North, Range 9 East, created for the Land Economic Inventory (Bordner Survey). The map shows Picnic Point and the Lake Mendota sho... |
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| Description: | Two men are collecting northern pike spawn on Fox Lake. One man is standing and holding the pike's head, while the other is sitting in a chair with a conta... |
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| Description: | Close-up view of two men collecting northern pike spawn on Fox Lake. One man is standing and holding the pike's head, while the other man is sitting in a c... |
| Date: | 10 1978 |
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| Description: | Two men are standing on the rocky shoreline of the Sheboygan River. One man is holding a shovel in his right hand and a glass jar in his left hand. The oth... |
| Date: | 07 21 1985 |
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| Description: | View of a man and a woman looking over a railing, with binoculars and a telescopic lens at hand. Caption reads: "Light keeper John Foote and researcher Lau... |
| Date: | 07 06 1955 |
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| Description: | Monkeys on monkey island at the Vilas Park Zoo. The monkeys are on loan from the University of Wisconsin during the summer and returned in the winter to be... |
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