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'The Full Moon, Yerkes Observatory', c1930s. Creator: Unknown.

'The Full Moon, Yerkes Observatory', c1930s. Creator: Unknown.

2-752-987 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Full Moon, Yerkes Observatory', c1930s. Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin was founded in 1897 by astronomer George Ellery Hale and financed by businessman Charles T Yerkes it housed the largest ever refracting telescope successfully used for astronomy. From "Tour of the World". [Keystone View Company, Meadville, Pa., New York, Chicago, London]

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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
People Related
  1. Keystone View Company: : Photographers, distributor of stereographic images
  2. George Ellery Hale: American: Astronomer
  3. Charles Yerkes: American: Financier
Medium
  1. Photograph
Geographic Hierarchy

World North and Central America United States Wisconsin

  1. 45 00 00 N , 090 00 00 W
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Lifestyle & Leisure Transport & Travel

Science & Nature Times of the Day

Science & Nature Astronomy

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4710x4835
File Size : 66,718kb

Aliases

  1. 0580071378
  1. 2-752-987
  1. 2752987
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