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Wisconsin Dairy & Food Division Laboratory

Date: 06 23 1936
Description: Slightly elevated view of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Markets, Dairy and Food Division chemical laboratory, at 1 West Wilson Street.
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George Trayer with Plywood Panel

Date: 06 23 1933
Description: U.S. Forest Products engineer, George W. Trayer, in the laboratory with a plywood panel, newly developed to provide strength and durability in construction...
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Oscar Mayer Laboratory

Date: 09 09 1931
Description: Lab worker conducting a test at the Oscar Mayer laboratory.
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Meteorologist Reading Wind Instrument

Date: 06 16 1931
Description: Albert Lorenz, assistant U.S. meteorologist, is reading a wind velocity instrument in the laboratory at North Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Column Testing

Date: 09 1926
Description: Column failure testing at the University of Wisconsin Engineering Laboratory.
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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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Forest Products Laboratory

Date: 1933
Description: Aerial view of the Forest Products Laboratory, built in 1932.
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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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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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Tuberculosis Research in Laboratory

Date: 11 15 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin professor J.W. Williams, and Mrs. Winifred Saunders, research associate, work with an electrophoresis instrument in a laboratory in...
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U.W. School of Home Economics West Wing Interiors

Date: 05 20 1953
Description: Interior view of stainless steel research kitchen at the new University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Home Economics west wing.
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University of Wisconsin School of Home Economics West Wing Interiors

Date: 05 20 1953
Description: Interior view of a nutrition research laboratory at the new U.W. School of Home Economics west wing.
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University of Wisconsin School of Home Economics West Wing Interiors

Date: 05 20 1953
Description: Interior view of textile chemical laboratory at the new U.W. School of Home Economics west wing.
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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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New Buildings on the University of Wisconsin Campus

Date: 09 03 1964
Description: One of the new buildings is the $4.3 million Russell Laboratories on Linden Drive. It houses the departments of entomology, plant pathology, forestry and w...
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Testing Paper Apparatus

Date: 1922
Description: View of an unidentified man sitting on a stool demonstrating delicate paper testing apparatus. A poster on the wall reads: "International Metric System."
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Paper Chemical Laboratory

Date: 1922
Description: Interior view of two unidentified male scientists working with various paper testing apparatus in the corner of a chemical laboratory.
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U.W. Hydrobiology Laboratory Research

Date: 05 29 1957
Description: Bill Heim inspects a water bottle before heading out on the lake to take water samples at various depths as Richard Pierce, an electrical engineer doing re...
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U.W. Madison Earth Satellite Project

Date: 12 04 1957
Description: Professor Verner Suomi of the University of Wisconsin meteorology department and leader of a university team building one of the U.S. satellites, is shown ...
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U.W. Madison Earth Satellite Project

Date: 12 06 1957
Description: The small black sensor on the end of the antenna of a model Vanguard satellite, will detect differences in radiation as the satellite passes over the earth...

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