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Scientists in Lab

Date: 02 23 1955
Description: Five scientists wearing lab coats gather around an apparatus in a laboratory.
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Photographic Remote Flash

Date: 03 13 1947
Description: Sheldon Wengel and Howard La Court demonstrating a photographer's remote flash with a woman model.
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Berg Boat Wheels

Date: 02 11 1948
Description: A Thompson boat with detachable Berg boat wheels on the stern and an Evinrude outboard motor. Taken for the Kulzick Advertizing Agency. A man is standing i...
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Man with Boat on Pier

Date: 05 24 1945
Description: Bennie Berg standing on a lake shore dock next to a Hoover Boat Line boat. Also shows his invention to aid in launching, the Berg's Inc. Boat Roller.
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Dr. John H. Gieselman

Date: 01 27 1947
Description: Dr. John H. Gieselman, osteopathic physician, shown at a microscope. Dr. Gieselman often designed his own diagnostic equipment. He invented a new mechani...
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Remote Photographic Flash

Date: 03 13 1947
Description: Sheldon Wengel or Howard La Court at workbench creating a photographer's remote flash. A man is standing in the corner with his arms raised, perhaps holdin...
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Phosphorus Removal

Date: 02 22 1950
Description: An example of a pilot plant to remove phosphorus from sewage effluent by engineering professors William L. Lea and Gerard A. Rohlich.
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Olaf Hanson Invents City Chicken Mold

Date: 02 27 1956
Description: Olaf Hanson, operator of a meat counter, displays his invention: a plastic mold to assemble city chicken on wood skewers.
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Photographic Remote Flash

Date: 03 13 1947
Description: June D. (Mrs. Sheldon) Wengel serving as a model for a remote flash tripped via a photo-electric cell invented in Madison by Sheldon Wengel and Howard La C...
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Golf Club and Tees

Date: 04 28 1947
Description: Several patented golf tees designed to slip over the handle of a golf club. Shown are two different types of two-pronged tees, a three-pronged tee, a singl...
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R.G. Reynoldson, Inventor

Date: 08 05 1950
Description: Mr. R.G. Reynoldson of 150 Lakewood Boulevard is pictured behind the wheel of his car demonstrating his invention, the "aeromatic speed control." Mr. Reyno...
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Rat Bait Trap Contest Winner

Date: 12 16 1951
Description: At left, Lynn Hazelbaker is shown demonstrating the winning entry of the Madison Youth Council's rat bait box building contest built by Edward Ripp, age 14...
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Fisherman Lester Shore

Date: 04 09 1948
Description: Police Officer Lester Shore, holding a "River Shiner" fishing lure, for which he holds a patent. It is a casting plug that has a metal lip and shaft and im...
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Trash Disposal

Date: 03 14 1949
Description: Mrs. Edith Trowbridge, 4202 Mandan Cresent, pulls a ring on a string which opens a trap door to a metal-lined slide to a basement trash box under her sink ...
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R.G. Reynoldson, Inventor

Date: 08 05 1950
Description: The speed control device invented by R.G. Reynoldson of 150 Lakewood Boulevard is shown attached to a second speedometer under the hood of his car. The "ae...
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Gilson Metal Locator

Date: 03 15 1945
Description: Hulda Gieschen and Dr. Warren E. Gilson, who specializes in electro-physiology and medical electronics at the University of Wisconsin, are looking at a Gil...

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