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Toledo Scale

Date: 04 12 1928
Description: Man taking chemical CaCO4 out of a jar to measure it on Toledo Scale in Ricketts laboratory at Agriculture Chemistry Building, University of Wisconsin.
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Lab Work

Date: 1950
Description: Holding a dropper over racks of test tubes, a man in a lab coat aims to place drops in the receptacles.
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Edgewood College Science Experiment

Date: 05 16 1942
Description: Three Edgewood College (Sacred Heart Academy) women performing an experiment in Marshall Hall science laboratory, 1000 Edgewood Avenue.
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A Plethora of Golf Balls

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Description: A woman dressed to play golf smiles as a bucket of golf balls is spilled at her feet. This is one of several demonstrations of strobe light functions at F...
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Dr. Harold Edgerton

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Description: "Doc" Edgerton adjusts equipment in the lab. Known for his pioneering work in the development of the electronic flash, his photograph of a splashing milk-d...
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McCormick Works Paint(?) Laboratory

Date: 1900
Description: Technicians standing and sitting in the paint(?) laboratory at the McCormick Reaper Works factory. Tables are equipped with burners, beakers and other supp...
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B.B. Stoller Tending Mushroom Garden

Date: 09 19 1944
Description: B.B. Stoller tending the University of Wisconsin mushroom garden in the "hole in the ground" which is a bricked and vaulted recess located in the hillside ...
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Dorothy Johansson in University of Wisconsin Laboratory

Date: 02 23 1945
Description: Dorothy Johansson, research assistant in zoology at the University of Wisconsin, performing an experiment using white rats to check techniques being develo...
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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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University of Wisconsin-Madison Home Economics Department Class

Date: 1911
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Home Economics Department Class. The women are using chemistry equipment and microscopes. On the blackboard is a formula fo...
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Madison Dairy Laboratory

Date: 01 09 1946
Description: Two men performing a test in a laboratory at the Madison Dairy, 1018 East Washington Avenue.
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Malcolm W. Jensen

Date: 02 19 1947
Description: Malcolm W. Jensen, age 30, City of Madison Sealer of Weights and Measures, is pictured at his desk in the Madison City Market Building. The objects on his...
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Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene

Date: 08 07 1947
Description: Dr. Ann Laird, resident in pathology at Wisconsin General Hospital, adjusts the technocon which speeds cancer diagnosis, in the laboratory at the Wisconsin...
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Microscopic Inspection of Diesel Pump Parts

Date: 06 27 1937
Description: Milwaukee Works factory employee using a microscope to inspect diesel engine pump parts.
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Dairy Laboratory Truck

Date: 1947
Description: Two men standing at the rear of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture dairy laboratory truck, which has wooden steps leading up to the open rear doors.
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Woman Working in Laboratory

Date: 01 10 1948
Description: A woman in a laboratory coat working in a laboratory. (Possibily Jane Fred?).
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Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Date: 01 1948
Description: Two men in a laboratory weighing rats at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
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Chemical Laboratory

Date: 1944
Description: Gertrude Satina weighs a piece of steel in the chemical laboratory at the International Harvester Company. The original caption reads: "This photo shows th...

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