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Aldo Leopold

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Description: Aldo Leopold, UW Professor of Wildlife Management, posing with binoculars around his neck. He is about to embark on an inspection and bird-watching tour of...
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Weather Radar

Date: 1950
Description: Meteorologists using radar equipment outdoors.
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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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Man Weighing Chickens

Date: 07 30 1929
Description: Man weighing chickens on a Toledo scale at the Southern Wisconsin Produce Company, located at 638-40 West Main Street.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 05 20 1928
Description: A man weighing a large container on a Toledo platform scale at the Federation Creamery.
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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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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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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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Professor Joseph Hirschfelder

Date: 08 08 1950
Description: Portrait of Professor Joseph Hirschfelder, University of Wisconsin chemist. He also is project director for the U.W. Naval Research Laboratory, member of t...
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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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One-Handed Typewriter

Date: 1946
Description: Colonel Robert S. Allen, a well-known journalist before World War II, lost his arm while on active duty in Europe. He is seated here with Dr Anton Dvorak, ...
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Aldo Leopold Inspecting White Pine

Date: 1946
Description: Aldo Leopold inspecting white pine, on Wisconsin River farm, a weekend retreat for the Professor of Wildlife Management at UW-Madison.
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Men with a Telstar Model

Date: 1962
Description: Newton Minow (left) and three men of the Senate Commerce Communications Subcommittee look at a model of the Telstar satellite.
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Group with Telstar Model

Date: 1962
Description: A group of men look at a model of the Telstar with Newton Minow.
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Minow and Telstar Model

Date: 1962
Description: Newton Minow and another man look at a model of the Telstar satellite.
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Men Study a Telstar Model

Date: 1962
Description: A group of men study a model of the Telstar satellite. From left to right are: Newton Minow, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, James Webb ...
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Spot-Checking Production Line

Date: 04 1953
Description: Mae Houston inspecting a new supply of Pantry-Dors for the model L-103 refrigerator with a man on a factory floor.
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Mae Houston Discussing Foot Pedal Design

Date: 1953
Description: Mae Houston discussing foot pedal design of the Decorator with Ray Edwards and M. Jura of Experimental and Test.
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Game Farm Laboratory

Date: 10 1935
Description: A man wearing a white surgical gown and gloves is standing at a surgical table. He is performing a necropsy on a small animal. There is a double basin stan...
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Biologist at Work

Date: 1938
Description: Superintendent of Biology Edward "Doc" Schneberger, who is wearing a long white coat, is sitting on a stool and looking through a microscope at a small tab...

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