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Ed Gein Arriving at State Crime Lab

Date: 11 19 1957
Description: Law enforcement officials escorting Ed Gein (1906-1984) to the state crime lab, 917 University Avenue for lie detector and other tests.
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Ed Gein at State Crime Lab

Date: 11 17 1957
Description: Ed Gein (1906-1984) and a police officer wait at the counter at the State Crime Lab where he was brought for lie detector and other tests or at the city ja...
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Ed Gein is Led to State Crime Lab

Date: 11 17 1957
Description: Ed Gein (1906-1984) is escorted by three law enforcement officers to the State Crime Lab, 917 University Avenue for lie detector and other tests.
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John Muir Clock

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Description: Detail of clock design by John Muir.
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John Muir Clock

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Description: Detail of clock design by John Muir, showing a book resting on a holder in the shape of a gear.
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John Muir Clock

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Description: Detail of clock design by John Muir.
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John Muir Clock

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Description: Clock on display at the Wisconsin Historical Society. The clock was made by John Muir while a student at the University of Wisconsin in 1860.
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Environmental Studies

Date: 1978
Description: Students at Wausau West High School involved in an innovative science project that studied energy consumption and pollution of the Wisconsin River.
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Clean Suit

Date: 08 29 1995
Description: Congressman David R. Obey putting on protective clothing for a tour of the Cray Computer facility.
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Cray Tour

Date: 08 29 1995
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey touring the new Cray Computer facility. Obey had been involved in securing federal funding for the company.
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Technician Testing Dyes for Nylon Carpet

Date: 1970
Description: A female technician is at a workbench testing dyes for nylon carpet. The woman is wearing a white lab coat and apron, and has a beehive or bouffant hairsty...
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Man in Street Department Office

Date: 1976
Description: An older man is standing in an office, possibly a weigh station of the Philadelphia Street Department. He is at a bench with papers and various office supp...
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Supplementary Scout Chart

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Description: Chart of Supplementary Scout, with categories for "Vehicle Research & Dev. and Prototype Build, Design, Vehicle Test, Safety Test and Exhause & Evap. Emiss...
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Scout Body at 348 LBS

Date: 03 1979
Description: Interior view of a Scout Body suspended on a scale, weighing 348 lbs.
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Women Scientists Inspire High School Girls

Date: 05 25 1959
Description: Demonstrating a research procedure to high school female students at a U.W. chemistry research laboratory is Dr. Carolyn Abrahams, left. Barbara Swanson, ...
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Women Scientists Inspire High School Girls

Date: 05 25 1959
Description: Working with a high school student in a U.W. Department of Medical Biology chemical research laboratory is Dr. Billie Padgett, left. At right Lucy helps to...
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Women Scientists Inspire High School Girls

Date: 05 31 1959
Description: Demonstrating the Navy Research laboratory's electronic computer to a high school student is, seated, experimental physicist, Dr. Anneke Levelt. Dr. Levelt...
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Farmers' Market Vendors

Date: 08 1975
Description: Vendors weighing produce for customers from the back of a truck at the Dane County Farmers' Market on the Capitol Square.
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Farmers' Market Vendors

Date: 08 1975
Description: Farmers' market vendors weighing produce to sell from the back of a truck at the Dane County Farmers' Market.
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Opening Day of Dane County Farmers' Market

Date: 04 1998
Description: A farmer weighing ginseng on opening day of the Dane County Farmers' Market on the Capitol Square. Pedestrians are strolling on the sidewalk on the right. ...

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