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| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Dr. A. Rudolph Silverston's vacu-aerial flying machine, as seen from the rear. Handwritten at top: "Rear View." Caption at bottom reads: "Silverston's Milw... |
| Date: | 06 1914 |
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| Description: | The Aerodome, invented by Samuel Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, as reconstructed by Glenn Curtiss at Hammondsport. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The Curtiss Pusher owned by Arthur Pratt Warner of Beloit, the first man to fly in Wisconsin and the first person to purchase an airplane. Slightly below ... |
| 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: | 1946 |
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| Description: | The "Colonial Farm House" in the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Caption reads: "Colonial Farm House, Harvester Farm,... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking northwest of Science Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Part of the Chemical Laboratory is in the background on the ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Postcard view of Science Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Elevated view looking towards the northwest. The Chemical Laboratory is on the... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Science Hall main entrance at the intersection of Park Street and Langdon Street on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Caption reads: "Science Hal... |
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| Description: | Alexander Gymnasium and Chemistry Institute on the campus of Lawrence University. Caption reads: "Lawrence College, Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View from intersection towards a hotel on the corner, with an electric sign. An automobile is parked at the curb, and a public scale is on the sidewalk. Ca... |
| Date: | 09 06 1948 |
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| Description: | A postcard advertising the invention of the telecamera by William Pitt Fessenden in 1941 in Phlox, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Science Hall at the University of Wisconsin. Located on Park Street at the end of Langdon Street. Caption reads: "Science Hall, U. of W., ... |
| Date: | 09 09 1910 |
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| Description: | The text on front reads: "Int. of Geo. J. Kelnhofer's General Store. Rib Lake, Wis." A man is standing in the central aisle, and a girl, holding a cat, is ... |
| Date: | 08 19 1948 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Telescope with 40 in. Lens, Largest in the World. Williams Bay on Lake Geneva, Wisconsin." On reverse: "The 40 inch telescope of the ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The 40-inch telescope of the University of Chicago Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin. The object-glass has a diameter of 40... |
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