Lake Geneva fr Yerkes Observatory, Wisconsin, 1910 – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic image of Lake Geneva fr Yerkes Observatory, Wisconsin, 1910 brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Lake Geneva from the top of the great dome of the Yerkes Observatory
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Lake Geneva fr Yerkes Observatory, Wisconsin, 1910
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Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, in 1910 was best known as a summer resort for Chicago families, who reached it by rail and stayed in large lakeside hotels and rented cottages. The town's economy leaned on that seasonal trade, along with boating, fishing, and the ice cut from the lake in winter. Seen from the hill at Williams Bay, the lake and its shoreline would have looked much as they did to the summer visitors who came there for the air and the views. The observatory on that rise belonged to the University of Chicago and housed the Yerkes refractor, then the largest telescope of its kind in the world. Local residents would have known the spot for both its astronomers and its lakeside pleasures.
| Created / published | 1910 |
|---|---|
| Creator | beguelin, wilfrid scott |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Wisconsin |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 751 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Lake Geneva from the top of the great dome of the Yerkes Observatory |
| Reference | WI 1910 Lake Geneva fr Yerkes Observatory |
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