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University of Wisconsin Football Players

Date: 11 23 1944
Description: Ten individual portraits of University of Wisconsin football players each standing on a Toledo No-Springs scale. Included are: Joe Campbell, John Davey, Cl...
Print

J. Wesley Carhart

Date: 1880
Description: Engraved portrait of J. Wesley Carhart of Racine, Methodist minister, physician, and inventor of a steam-powered automobile in 1871. Although impractical, ...
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Farm to City Display at Museum of Science and Industry

Date: 1946
Description: Visitors examining the "Farm to City - City to Farm" display in the International Harvester exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry.
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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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Professor Philip G. Fox and Slot Machine

Date: 03 03 1945
Description: Philip G. Fox, 513 Virginia Terrace, professor of business administration at the University of Wisconsin, with a slot machine. Professor Fox is a well-kno...
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Pheasant Banding

Date: 03 07 1945
Description: Robert McCabe, University of Wisconsin Arboretum biologist, and Jim Hale, his assistant, study the band on one of the pheasants caught in the trap in the b...
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Gilson Metal Locator

Date: 03 15 1945
Description: Hulda Gieschen and Dr. Warren E. Gilson, who specializes in electro-physiology and medical electronics at the University of Wisconsin, are looking at a Gil...
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Man with Boat on Pier

Date: 05 24 1945
Description: Bennie Berg standing on a lake shore dock next to a Hoover Boat Line boat. Also shows his invention to aid in launching, the Berg's Inc. Boat Roller.
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Cotton Picking Machine

Date: 05 17 1916
Description: Men gathered outdoors around a cotton picking machine exhibited at the National Implement and Vehicle Association Meeting.
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Refilling a Silo

Date: 02 22 1927
Description: Two men are refilling a silo using a silo filler at the IHC Experimental Farm.
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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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Experimental Tractor

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Description: A man sitting behind the wheel of an experimental tractor.
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W.H. Glover Reading the "Milwaukee Sentinel"

Date: 08 15 1946
Description: W.H. Glover, University of Wisconsin assistant professor in agricultural economics, reading an edition of the "Milwaukee Daily Sentinel" in the Wisconsin S...
Book or Pamphlet

50 - Man Weighing Angora Rabbit

Date: 1943
Description: Man in lab coat weighing angora rabbit with scale outdoors. Text on page says, "Gewichtskontrolle".
Book or Pamphlet

51 - Man Weighing Angora Rabbit

Date: 1943
Description: Man weighing angora rabbit with scale outdoors.
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Scale at Rock Falls Works

Date: 1944
Description: Factory worker weighing parts on a scale at International Harvester's Rock Falls Works.
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James Manufacturing Company Awards

Date: 01 27 1947
Description: W. D. James of the James Manufacturing Company of Fort Atkinson presenting a watch to John Olson, head of the research and development department, commemor...

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