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Wisconsin Canners Association

Date: 02 11 1954
Description: Group portrait of five men who participated in the Wisconsin Canners Raw Products Conference held on the University of Wisconsin campus. Left to right: C.H...
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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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George C. Comstock

Date: 09 06 1914
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of George C. Comstock, University of Wisconsin-Madison astronomer.
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University of Wisconsin Cancer Research Grant Recipients

Date: 03 25 1952
Description: University of Wisconsin cancer research scientists who received grants from the Wisconsin division of the American Cancer Society are: Seated (left to righ...
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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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Increase Lapham at Wisconsin Dells

Date: 1869
Description: Increase A. Lapham in the foreground of a rock formation in Taylor's Glen, with A. Holly sitting on a rock in the background.
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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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Dr. Karfft A. Ehricke, Space Scientist

Date: 08 22 1961
Description: Portrait of Dr. Krafft A. Ehricke, program director of the astronautics division of General Dynamics Corporation. He spoke at the Wisconsin Union Theater t...
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Hattibel Merrill

Date: 1890
Description: Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite of Hattibel [Harriet Bell] Merrill, who graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelors of Sci...
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Air Monitoring

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Description: A man is examining air monitoring machines.
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Arlie W. Schorger

Date: 02 20 1944
Description: Arlie W. Schorger, a chemist for the U.S. Bureau of Standards for one year, and at the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory for nine years, before joining the f...
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John W. Sterling

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Description: Vignetted head and shoulders portrait of John W. Sterling (1816-1885), one of the first members of the faculty of the University of Wisconsin and briefly a...
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Moses Strong, Archaeologist

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Moses Strong, a Wisconsin archaeologist who served as Lapham's assistant. His most important article was titled, "Prehistoric M...
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UW Half Century Club

Date: 06 19 1948
Description: Max Mason, left, UW Class of 1898, Chairman of the council of Palomar Observatory in California, shown being welcomed by UW President E.B. Fred at the Univ...
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Philo Romayne Hoy, Ornithologist

Date: 1874
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Dr. Philo R. Hoy (1816-1892), Wisconsin ornithologist and entomologist. Settled in Racine with his family in 1846. Served as pr...
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Professor W.W. Daniels, Geologist

Date: 1872
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Professor W.W. Daniels, University of Wisconsin geologist. Daniels worked as one of Increase Lapham's assistants during the Wis...
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Neda Mine Bat Hibernaculum

Date: 11 1996
Description: "Bill Volkert, Naturalist."
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Neda Mine Bat Hibernaculum

Date: 11 1996
Description: "Looking out from the Neda Mine."
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Franz Brandecke, Geologist

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Franz Brandecke, Milwaukee-based geologist. Worked on Wisconsin geological survey with Lapham. Handwritten text on front read...
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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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