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Nutrition Lab

Date: 1931
Description: Two students work in the nutrition lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Test Kitchen and Laboratory

Date: 10 16 1945
Description: Slightly elevated view of five women workers in an Oscar Mayer Company test kitchen and laboratory. A low wall is separating two women working at desks on ...
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Oscar Mayer Laboratory

Date: 09 09 1931
Description: Lab worker conducting a test at the Oscar Mayer laboratory.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 07 30 1929
Description: A man reads a Toledo scale at the University of Wisconsin engineering building.
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Scales

Date: 07 30 1929
Description: A man reading a scale at the University of Wisconsin engineering building.
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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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Lowering Diver Max Nohl into Lake Michigan in Preparation for a Record Deep Dive

Date: 04 10 1937
Description: On April 10th, 1937, Max Nohl (shown in the dive suit) along with John Craig made a dive on the shipwreck Norland in order to perform another early ...
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Laboratory Worker Tests Binder Twine

Date: 1948
Description: A lab technician tests binder twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "Resistance to rot, insect and rodent damage, is establi...
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Man Cleaning Barn Gutter

Date: 08 1930
Description: A man using a shovel and a litter carrier on a track system to clean the gutter of a dairy barn at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. Th...
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Mixing Superphosphate

Date: 10 1930
Description: A man standing on the back of a McCormick-Deering manure spreader to pour superphosphate over manure at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental far...
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Farmall Tractor with Endgate Spreader

Date: 09 1927
Description: A man standing in an endgate lime spreader is using a shovel to spread lime onto a field at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. The sprea...
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Home Economics Day

Date: 03 20 1957
Description: University of Wisconsin home economics graduates on the research staff of Oscar Mayer and Co. Theresa DiPiazza, Lorraine Splies and Donna Otto do research ...
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Northern Pike Spawn Collection

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Description: Two men are collecting northern pike spawn on Fox Lake. One man is standing and holding the pike's head, while the other is sitting in a chair with a conta...
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Collecting Northern Pike Spawn

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Description: Close-up view of two men collecting northern pike spawn on Fox Lake. One man is standing and holding the pike's head, while the other man is sitting in a c...
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Tree Measuring

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Description: Two men wearing jumpsuits and hard hats are measuring a tree. One man is holding up a measuring tape across the width of the tree as the other man writes o...
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Chemistry Lab at Oscar Mayer

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Description: Elevated view of two men in a chemistry lab with glass block walls. The men are standing in front of two different wet bench lab tables, and are working on...

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