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Dr. Johan Augustus Bjorksten
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Portrait of Dr. Johan Bjorksten, President-Treasurer of Bjorksten Research Laboratories for Industry Inc. The headline for the article on the front page of the Wisconsin State Journal, April 22, 1955, states: "Man May Live 'Forever', Scientist Feels."
April 21, 1955
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Scientists in Lab
February 23, 1955
Five scientists wearing lab coats gather around an apparatus in a laboratory.
Dentist Dr. Henry Irving Gibson
November 4, 1952
Portrait of dentist Dr. Henry Irving Gibson.
Bettina Bjorksten
December 8, 1953
Portrait of Bettina Bjorksten, an opera singer and teacher in Madison and other cities. Her family migrated from Germany to Brazil when Naziism became 'unendurable.' There she met her husband, Joha...
Dr. Richard Gordon
February 27, 1948
Portrait of Dr. Richard Gordon, osteopathic physician.
Dr. Gilbert Tybring
May 5, 1961
Portrait of Dr. Gilbert Tybring, clinical director at Mendota State Hospital.
Dr. Richard Thurrell
May 5, 1961
Portrait of Dr. Richard Thurrell, a psychiatrist at Mendota State Hospital.
