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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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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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John Muir's Tracks

Date: 04 2014
Description: View of the display case of John Muir's mechanical clock desk, which is on the ground floor of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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Scheme to Defraud Case in Court

Date: 01 16 1961
Description: Portrait of Clark L. Fry, of rural Necedah, who is charged with using a scheme to defraud in Judge Patrick T. Stone's United States District Court. The cha...
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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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Fishing Pole Carrier for Automobiles

Date: 03 24 1947
Description: Prototype of "Sure Grip" fishing pole holder for carrying fishing poles on the top or sides of a car. Shows device with an advertising card attached that i...
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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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U.W. Madison Earth Satellite Project

Date: 12 06 1957
Description: The small black sensor on the end of the antenna of a model Vanguard satellite, will detect differences in radiation as the satellite passes over the earth...
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U.W. Madison Earth Satellite Project

Date: 12 04 1957
Description: Professor Verner Suomi of the University of Wisconsin meteorology department and leader of a university team building one of the U.S. satellites, is shown ...
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"Monona-Mobile" on Lake Monona

Date: 1955
Description: View across water towards the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon car) on Lake Monona, close to a pier on the left where a man is standing and watching. Buildings on ...
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Men with Monona-Mobile

Date: 1955
Description: A group of men are standing on the pontoons of the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon car) which is near a pier on the left. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the fa...
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Commodore Heggestad with "Monona-Mobile"

Date: 1955
Description: View from pier of John "Commodore" Heggestad of Department 40 of Gisholt proudly standing on the pontoon of the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon boat) on which his...
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"Monona-Mobile" Launch

Date: 1955
Description: View from rocky shoreline of the launching of the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon car) onto Lake Monona. The boat launch is on the left. "11248" is painted on the...
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Man with "Monona-Mobile"

Date: 1955
Description: Unidentified man wearing a suit and a bow tie is standing on a pontoon of the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon car) and holding the tow rope. Across the lake is th...
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"Monona-Mobile" on Lake Monona

Date: 1955
Description: View across water of three men relaxing on the pontoons of the "Monona-Mobile." Two men are sitting in the front seat of the car. John "Commodore" Heggesta...

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