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Wisconsin Dairy & Food Division Laboratory

Date: 06 23 1936
Description: Slightly elevated view of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Markets, Dairy and Food Division chemical laboratory, at 1 West Wilson Street.
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Forest Products Laboratory

Date: 1933
Description: The Forest Products Laboratory.
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Professor Philip G. Fox and Slot Machine

Date: 03 03 1945
Description: Philip G. Fox, 513 Virginia Terrace, professor of business administration at the University of Wisconsin, with a slot machine. Professor Fox is a well-kno...
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Terrace Plowing Demonstration

Date: 09 27 1945
Description: Exhibit of new machinery at the terrace plowing demonstration and conservation field day on the Carl Ribbke farm near Ableman. Some of the 2,000 cars and b...
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Terrace Plowing Demonstration

Date: 09 27 1945
Description: Three farm wives are taking a break at the terrace plowing demonstration and conservation field day on the Carl Ribbke farm near Ableman. From left are Mr...
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Babcock Ceremony

Date: 1928
Description: Crowd seated on the lawn of Agriculture Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a ceremony honoring S.M. Babcock, inventor of the butter test.
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University of Wisconsin Home Economics Class

Date: 10 28 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin home economics student Charlene Bishop, making pancakes in a laboratory.
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Horse-Drawn Binder Pulling into Driveway of Farmstead

Date: 1900
Description: A man is driving a horse-drawn binder into the driveway of a farmstead. Another horse-drawn vehicle is partially visible in the driveway. This farmstead ma...
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Harry R. Sharpe Home

Date: 04 11 1949
Description: Harry R. Sharpe family farm home located on the University of Wisconsin poultry research farm, 5101 Mineral Point Road.
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U.W. School of Home Economics West Wing Interiors

Date: 05 20 1953
Description: Interior view of stainless steel research kitchen at the new University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Home Economics west wing.
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University of Wisconsin School of Home Economics West Wing Interiors

Date: 05 20 1953
Description: Interior view of a nutrition research laboratory at the new U.W. School of Home Economics west wing.
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Marjorie O'Brien Rapaport

Date: 07 12 1954
Description: Portrait of Marjorie Rapaport (Mrs. Ionel Rapaport), painter and authority on prehistoric cave art of France. She is wearing a prehistoric lion's tooth pen...
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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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New Buildings on the University of Wisconsin Campus

Date: 09 03 1964
Description: One of the new buildings is the $4.3 million Russell Laboratories on Linden Drive. It houses the departments of entomology, plant pathology, forestry and w...
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Madison Free Library

Date: 01 28 1954
Description: A girl is sitting and working with material in the reference room of the Madison Free Library at 206 North Carroll Street.
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Two Women Examining Corn Shoots

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Description: Close-up of two women examining what may be corn shoots. The shoots are on plates, and in a glass on a table. Lantern slide.
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It's Off to School We Go

Date: 08 20 1957
Description: Pierre du Vair, a June graduate from Notre Dame University, is shown working at his typewriter and tape recorder preparing for graduate study in economics ...
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We Saw You . . . at the Library

Date: 09 22 1957
Description: A man at the Madison Public Library is sitting at a table with reference books while using a pencil on paper, doing research. A stand for atlases is behind...
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Tractor Pushed Corn Picker at McCormick Works

Date: 06 27 1919
Description: A man is sitting under an umbrella on a tractor-pushed Corn Picker in factory yard. Perhaps for research and development. There is a small building in the ...

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