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Packing Bacon

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Description: Three women packing "All Good" brand bacon.
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Interior of Hieber's Pharmacy

Date: 02 01 1947
Description: Many toiletries, medicines, and sundries fill the cabinets on both sides of Hieber's Drugstore. Traditional glass label bottles line the back wall behind t...
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Atomic Power Display

Date: 09 26 1946
Description: Display in the window of a pharmacy, explaining what happens to uranium as atomic power is produced.
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Digitalis Exhibit

Date: 05 15 1935
Description: View of a U.S. Pharmacopeia Exhibit about a class of medications called 'digitalis' at the annual Philadelphia on Parade. Digitalis medicines are used to i...
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Pharmacopeial Revision

Date: 05 05 1937
Description: View of an educational exhibit set up under the auspices of George Beal, for the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention, at the dedication of the Mellon Institute.
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"The Pharmacopeia is for Educated Men.." Exhibit

Date: 05 1936
Description: A view of the U.S. Pharmacopeia's exhibit at the American Medical Association's 1931 Conference in Kansas City. The exhibit includes printed reference mate...
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McCormick Reaper Exhibit at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 1933
Description: Female model posing with a rake next to a reproduction of Cyrus Hall McCormick's first reaper at International Harvester's "A Century of Progress" Worlds F...
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Smokey Bear with School Children

Date: 1954
Description: A man dressed in a Smokey Bear costume is standing with two Milwaukee school children. A young girl is sitting at a desk, and a boy is standing and holding...
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High Cholesterol Diet

Date: 03 17 1955
Description: Science fair entry using animals to test a high cholesterol diet against a control diet.
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Atomic Energy

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Description: Students and teacher in classroom demonstrating an experiment with atomic energy.
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Atomic Plant Demonstration

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Description: Elevated view of a demonstration of a nuclear reactor driven energy plant.
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Pharmacist

Date: 1950
Description: A pharmacist working in the lab area of a pharmacy.
Historical Object

Apollo 13 Patch

Date: 1972
Description: Mission patch design for Apollo 13. This patch was worn by Commander James A. Lovell, Jr., formerly of Milwaukee; John L. Swigert, Jr.; and Fred W Haise, ...
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NASA Parasev

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Description: Astronaut Neil Armstrong (right), the first man to walk on the surface of the Moon, with Tom Poberezny, the son of EAA founder Paul Poberezny and the presi...
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Experimental Farmall M Tractor

Date: 12 10 1940
Description: Engineering left side view of a McCormick-Deering Farmall M high clearance (high crop) tractor with cane attachment.
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Experimental Military Tractor

Date: 1936
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental McCormick-Deering tractor with wheel covers. The tractor was apparently designed for use by the U.S. military. Th...
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Gosling's Display at W.S.B.M. Festival

Date: 09 05 1943
Description: Gosling's Sales and Service display at West Side Business Men's Association harvest festival featuring coffee grinders, meat grinders and Holcomb & Hoke Ma...
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Woman Shopping at Kroger Store

Date: 07 09 1943
Description: A woman shopping in the produce department at the Kroger store at Union Corners, 2541 Winnebago Street. She was promoting the Oscar Mayer Health for Victor...
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Interior of North St. Market

Date: 04 08 1938
Description: Four employees behind the meat counter in the North St. Meat Market (Jacobson's), 227 North Street.
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Teacher and Girls Looking at Chart

Date: 10 12 1935
Description: Teacher and two girls looking at rat growth chart.

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