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Air Reduction Sales Co. Exhibit
October 9, 1931
Air Reduction Sales Co. display of oxygen and acetylene tanks at the 2nd welding conference in the U.W. engineering building.
Boy Wearing Aviation Helmet and Goggles
October 24, 1934
Two photographs on one negative of a boy wearing an airplane pilot's helmet and goggles. For Sportman Aviation & Model Airplanes. 4907B-1 is the boy with goggles over his eyes. 4907B-2 is the bo...
Howard Sechrest Welding
August 7, 1939
Howard Sechrest, of Howard Welding & Machine Co., wears goggles and welds in the boiler at the Loraine Hotel.
UW Engineering School Engineering Exposition
April 9, 1959
The University of Wisconsin Engineering School puts on the "Engineering-Working for You" engineering exposition in six engineering buildings. A record 127 exhibits are on display. Shown (L-R) are t...
U.W. Co-Ed Engineering Student Lynn Stodola
September 30, 1958
Chemical engineering student Lynn Stodola, Black River Falls, one of the few female engineering students at the U.W. College of Engineering, stands in the main hallway of one of the engineering sch...
Soviet Men at Adams Hall
October 2, 1931
Five men from the Soviet Union at Adams Hall, and John Merkel, the foreign student advisor at the U.W., second from the left. Engineering students.