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Helen Rosenbaum

Date: 01 01 1947
Description: Helen Rosenbaum, pharmacist, pauses in her laboratory.
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Digitalis Exhibit

Date: 05 15 1935
Description: View of a U.S. Pharmacopeia Exhibit about a class of medications called 'digitalis' at the annual Philadelphia on Parade. Digitalis medicines are used to i...
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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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"The Pharmacopeia is for Educated Men.." Exhibit

Date: 05 1936
Description: A view of the U.S. Pharmacopeia's exhibit at the American Medical Association's 1931 Conference in Kansas City. The exhibit includes printed reference mate...
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Pharmacy Processing Equipment

Date: 1889
Description: View of pharmaceutical processing equipment in the Pharmacie Werner. The pharmacy was located in Boulay, France.
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Pharmacy Class, U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School

Date: 04 04 1943
Description: Students from the U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School perform practical experiments for the chemistry phase of their course. The officer in charge of th...
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Aqua Pura

Date: 04 04 1943
Description: This student of the U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School is carefully measuring out a quantity of distilled water for a prescription. Distilled water is ...
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Filtering a Prescription

Date: 04 04 1943
Description: A Pharmacist Mate-in-Training from the U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School filters a liquid for a test prescription. This filtration process helped to e...
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Weighing Powders

Date: 04 04 1943
Description: A member of the U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School carefully measures and weighs powdered ingredients for a prescription.
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Measuring with a Medicine Dropper

Date: 04 04 1943
Description: A member of the U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School uses a small medicine dropper to precisely measure and mix liquid ingredients for a prescription.
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Learning about Medicine Bottles

Date: 04 04 1943
Description: Members from the U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School meet in the pharmaceutical laboratory where they checked medicinal products and learned to identify...
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Preparing Powders

Date: 1945
Description: Pharmacist Roy Bird Cook prepares medicinal powders to be weighed for a prescription.
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Charles Pharmacy Interior

Date: 01 01 1947
Description: Pharmacist George Keeney Charles mixes a prescription in the lab portion of his pharmacy.
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Heating a Medicinal Compound

Date: 07 31 1941
Description: Pharmacist Roy Wilkinson follows the instructions in his manual on how to precisely heat and stir a medicinal mixture.
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McCormick Reaper Exhibit at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 1933
Description: Female model posing with a rake next to a reproduction of Cyrus Hall McCormick's first reaper at International Harvester's "A Century of Progress" Worlds F...
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A Penny a Pound

Date: 02 22 1957
Description: Girls being weighed to determine their donations of a penny a pound to the YWCA camp.
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Smokey Bear with School Children

Date: 1954
Description: A man dressed in a Smokey Bear costume is standing with two Milwaukee school children. A young girl is sitting at a desk, and a boy is standing and holding...
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Analyzing Composition of Cement

Date: 09 20 1956
Description: Katharine Mather of the Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station checks a computer analysis of the composition of cement.
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Electric Hair

Date: 01 10 1966
Description: Gail Lukas' hair stands on end when she places her hand on a Van de Graalf generator in a demonstration by the Atomic Energy Commission for junior high sch...
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High Cholesterol Diet

Date: 03 17 1955
Description: Science fair entry using animals to test a high cholesterol diet against a control diet.

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