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Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
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Telescope at Washburn Observatory
November 8, 1926
Small telescope at University of Wisconsin-Madison Washburn Observatory.
Large Telescope
November 8, 1926
Large telescope at University of Wisconsin Washburn Observatory.
Telescope at Washburn Observatory
1930
Telescope at Washburn Observatory with man at controls.
New Equipment at Washburn Observatory
February 10, 1933
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 the observatory's telescope.
Astronomer at Washburn Observatory
June 17, 1947
View looking up towards open dome as Olin Eggen, research astronomer, looks through the telescope at Washburn Observatory on the campus of University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Professor Selig Perlman
Portrait of Professor Selig Perlman, a student of University of Wisconsin economics professor John R. Commons.