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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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Vilas Zoo Monkeys

Date: 07 06 1955
Description: Monkeys on monkey island at the Vilas Park Zoo. The monkeys are on loan from the University of Wisconsin during the summer and returned in the winter to be...
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University of WisconsinHydrobiology Laboratory Research

Date: 05 29 1957
Description: Dr. Theodore Schreiner, a research assistant from Tuebingen, West Germany (right), holds a cage while Laboratory Director Professor Arthur D. Hasler record...
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U.W. Hydrobiology Laboratory Research

Date: 05 29 1957
Description: Student John Hunter demonstrates a fish training gadget developed by Dr. Wisby at the U.W. Hydrobiology Laboratory on Lake Mendota.
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U.W. Hydrobiology Laboratory Research

Date: 05 29 1957
Description: Carp are in a net during an experiment to develop a more efficient seine at the U.W. Hydrobiology Laboratory on Lake Mendota.
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U.W. Hydrobiology Laboratory Research

Date: 05 29 1957
Description: Bill Heim inspects a water bottle before heading out on the lake to take water samples at various depths as Richard Pierce, an electrical engineer doing re...
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Geiger Counters Presented to University of Wisconsin

Date: 08 09 1957
Description: Richard C. Emmons (left), Professor of Geology at U.W., being presented thirteen Geiger counters and scintillation counters by E.L. Diener, manager of the ...
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It's Off to School We Go

Date: 08 20 1957
Description: Checking her luggage for her trip next week to Quebec is Catherine du Vair. She will do graduate work at Laval University. She is a 1956 graduate of Marque...
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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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U.W. Madison Earth Satellite Project

Date: 12 04 1957
Description: Professor Verner Suomi of the University of Wisconsin meteorology department and leader of a university team building one of the U.S. satellites, is shown ...
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U.W. Madison Earth Satellite Project

Date: 12 06 1957
Description: The small black sensor on the end of the antenna of a model Vanguard satellite, will detect differences in radiation as the satellite passes over the earth...
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U.W. Madison Earth Satellite Project

Date: 12 08 1957
Description: Image shows seven men in a U.W. research lab posing with a life-sized model of a satellite. Professor Verner Suomi of the meteorology department led a team...
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Fred Hatch, U.S. Weather Bureau Technician

Date: 02 07 1958
Description: Fred Hatch (32), U.S. Weather Bureau technician, will be returning to a small island near the North Pole to conduct experiments on solar energy, insulation...
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National Forest Products Research Society Conference

Date: 06 24 1958
Description: Three attendees at the National Forest Products Research Society conference are Richard Haussman, U.S. Forest Service; John Lutz, Forest Products Laborator...
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U.W. Co-Ed Engineering Student Lynn Stodola

Date: 09 30 1958
Description: Lynn Stodola (L), Black River Falls, one of the few female students studying at the U.W. College of Engineering at the time, and Kenneth Joslin (R), Racine...
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Prof. Jerzy Leon Nowinski

Date: 10 31 1958
Description: Portrait of Prof. Jerzy Leon Nowinski, a scientist and mathematician who was granted asylum in America in January 1958 from his native Poland. The origina...
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Air Quality Monitoring

Date: 01 15 1959
Description: A man is putting an 8 x 10 filter into an envelope to be sent to "a U.S. Public Health Service laboratory in Cincinnati for analysis". The filter changed f...
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Air Quality Monitoring

Date: 01 15 1959
Description: Robert Butler, a public health technologist with the city health department, is examining a used filter. He is atop the second floor of the City-County bui...
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Math Research Center Dedication

Date: 04 23 1959
Description: Three researchers who spoke at the Math Research Center dedication are shown, (left to right): Dr. William H. Martin, director of research and development,...

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