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German Scientist with Test Tube

Date: 1880
Description: Illustration of a scientist in his lab gazing at a test tube, with a caption in German that translates to "Eureka! I have found it!".
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Chemist Testing Paint

Date: 06 24 1944
Description: Female chemist using C.M. Ambrose Company paint mixer for testing paint, with a man looking on at the Mautz Paint and Varnish Company, 939 East Washington ...
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Stripping and Printing a Negative

Date: 03 02 1934
Description: A man exposing a negative onto a zinc plate, in preparation for making a zinc etching at Wisconsin Engraving Co., 109 S. Carroll Street.
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Looking in the Microscope

Date: 10 30 1931
Description: A food scientist looking through a microscope at Oscar Mayer.
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Hydraulics Laboratory

Date: 03 28 1929
Description: Elevated view from the south east of men constructing the concrete forms for the roof of the addition to the University of Wisconsin-Madison hydraulics lab...
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Lab Work

Date: 1950
Description: Holding a dropper over racks of test tubes, a man in a lab coat aims to place drops in the receptacles.
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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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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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Malcolm W. Jensen

Date: 02 19 1947
Description: Malcolm W. Jensen, age 30, City of Madison Sealer of Weights and Measures, is pictured at his desk in the Madison City Market Building. The objects on his...
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Microscopic Inspection of Diesel Pump Parts

Date: 06 27 1937
Description: Milwaukee Works factory employee using a microscope to inspect diesel engine pump parts.
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Arnold Batson in Rubber Laboratory

Date: 1944
Description: Arnold Batson works with natural and synthetic rubbers in the rubber laboratory at the Gas Power Engineering Department. The original caption reads: "Exper...
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U.S. Army Students at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 02 18 1949
Description: U.S. Army Major Herbert Crecelius of the army chemical corps studying agricultural bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is in a lab coat...
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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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Portrait of Harold Gauer: Mad Scientist

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Description: Harold Gauer as a mad scientist. Photograph stems from Gauer's work with an insurance agency and his part time testing of urine for policy purposes and lif...
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Damon Runyon Memorial Fund for Cancer Research

Date: 07 06 1950
Description: Rex Karney (left), associate editor of the Wisconsin State Journal (left), presents a check for $10,000 to Dr. W.D. Middleton for cancer research at...
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University of Wisconsin Lake Laboratory

Date: 11 03 1950
Description: Two Wisconsin daily newspaper editors are shown as they tour the U.W. Lake Laboratory. Will Conrad, Medford Star News editor, and Charles E. Brought...
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Wisconsin Civilian Defense Nurses Enrolment Day

Date: 02 20 1951
Description: Al Hammond, a technician at the state crime laboratory, poses with some testing equipment. As a former medical corps man during World War II, he would be a...
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International HT-340 in Development at Harvester Engineering Research Lab

Date: 1961
Description: Taking Shape at Harvester Engineering Research Lab, Ht 340 research tractor awaits wheels, seat, steering wheel, etc. Unpainted, skin color is natural shad...
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Muscular Dystrophy Research at University of Wisconsin Hospitals

Date: 08 15 1953
Description: International scientists work alongside two American researchers on the University of Wisconsin Hospitals muscular dystrophy research project. Pictured lef...
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Dr. Johan Augustus Bjorksten

Date: 04 21 1955
Description: Portrait of Dr. Johan Bjorksten, President-Treasurer of Bjorksten Research Laboratories for Industry Inc. The headline for the article on the front page of...

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