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Students Conducting Scientific Research

Date: 1900
Description: Downer College students working in a laboratory in which a human skeleton, a frog, a bat and stuffed birds are displayed.
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Stroboscopic Photography Technique

Date: 04 1950
Description: A girl on a swing is the subject of photographers demonstrating a technique using high speed flash.
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Edward A. Birge

Date: 1917
Description: Edward A. Birge and Chancey Juday with plankton trap in Lake Mendota. From album of photographs relating to the research in limnology conducted at Trout La...
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Pharmacopeial Revision

Date: 05 05 1937
Description: View of an educational exhibit set up under the auspices of George Beal, for the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention, at the dedication of the Mellon Institute.
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Farmer and Computer

Date: 01 27 1960
Description: A farmer observes the processed results of the workings of an early computer or data machine. The machine was used to process and to organize data on a her...
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Chemistry Experiment

Date: 05 25 1951
Description: Chemistry experiment by two men being conducted with steam rising from equipment.
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Smithsonian Apothecary Shop

Date: 07 22 1946
Description: Members of the American Pharmaceutical Association Council visit the old Apothecary Shop exhibit at the Smithsonian.
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E.A. Birge Reading an Anemometer

Date: 1912
Description: Dr. E.A. Birge in his element, reading an anemometer of the weather data station on Green Lake.
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William Dempster Hoard

Date: 1912
Description: A head and shoulders portrait of William Dempster Hoard (1836-1918).
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Forest Products Laboratory

Date: 1930
Description: The Administration Building of Forest Products Laboratory.
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Forest Products Laboratory

Date: 1937
Description: An aerial view of the Forest Products Laboratory. The view shows a newly completed railroad underpass and street approach.
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Forest Products Laboratory

Date: 1945
Description: The Forest Products Laboratory.
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Forest Products Laboratory

Date: 1946
Description: The Forest Products Laboratory.
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Forest Products Laboratory

Date: 1946
Description: The Forest Products Laboratory.
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Forest Products Laboratory

Date: 1947
Description: Aerial view of the Forest Products Laboratory.
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Forest Products Laboratory

Date: 1955
Description: Aerial view of the Forest Products Laboratory.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: Space City!

Date: 03 16 1972
Description: Cover of "Space City!," an underground newspaper, featuring an image of a smiley face with psychotherapy electrodes attached to it. Headline reads, "Psycho...
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McArdle Laboratory

Date: 1939
Description: McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research for Cancer Research on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Cars are parked on the road and in a parking lot ...
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Science Hall, Geology Museum

Date: 1910
Description: Cyanotype print of the interior of the Geology Museum in Science Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. View towards corner of a room with win...
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Olson's Wolf Trip

Date: 1927
Description: Sigurd Olson, left, traveling by dogsled with game hunter Uiho Salminen as part of his study of predator control for his master's degree.

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