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Dr. Babcock with Butterfat Tester

Date: 1926
Description: Dr. Stephen Babcock with an electric centrifuge butterfat tester.
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PD-80 Marine Power Unit

Date: 05 13 1938
Description: International PD-80 Marine power unit developed by the company's Nashville branch.
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Thomas Alva Edison, Mechanical Genius

Date: 02 17 1913
Description: Portrait of Thomas Alva Edison in his lab where he worked on his "talking moving machine."
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Boy and Child's Training Desk

Date: 09 29 1945
Description: Little boy at child's training desk with bench seat.
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Automatic Foul Detector

Date: 11 12 1944
Description: Emil Andel of the American Bowling Congress demonstrates an automatic foul detector in a bowling alley.
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Baby Sitting at Child's Training Desk

Date: 09 29 1945
Description: Toddler sitting at child's training desk, with lid closed.
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Girl and Child's Training Desk

Date: 09 29 1945
Description: Young girl seated at child's training desk with top open showing blackboard.
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Research Products Filter Fry

Date: 10 08 1953
Description: Display of Research Products Corporation Filter Fry frying pan covers in a grocery cart.
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Vote Recording Machine

Date: 1919
Description: Inventor, B.L. Boboroff, displays his vote recording device to members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Assembled Baby High Chair

Date: 03 25 1947
Description: Metal baby high chair, capable of being disassembled and folded for easy transport. Taken for Halbert M. Wood, WooDick Corporation.
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Ladder at Madison-Kipp Corp.

Date: 11 04 1943
Description: Closed ladder against trade shelves at Madison-Kipp Corp., 201-231 Waubesa Street.
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Research Products Filter

Date: 04 12 1954
Description: Workman riveting two filter frames together horizontally. Taken for Research Products, 1011-1015 East Washington Avenue.
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Research Products Filter

Date: 04 12 1954
Description: Workman riveting filter frames together in a L shape, taken for Research Products, 1011-1015 East Washington Avenue.
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Reaper Centennial Window Display

Date: 1931
Description: Display in the window of the Hudson Bay Company department store in Alberta, Canada, celebrating the centennial anniversary of the reaper's invention.
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Edison Movie Projector

Date: 10 19 1931
Description: Edison kinetascope, patented in 1897, one of the first motion picture projectors invented by Thomas A. Edison. It is hand cranked and chain driven.
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Research Products Filter Fry Rack

Date: 01 11 1954
Description: A man displaying a Research Products Corporation rack for Filter Fry frying pan covers, "Takes the spatter out of kitchen frying."
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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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Mr. Mullarkey with Glider Display

Date: 04 02 1946
Description: Mr. Mullarkey (probably Leo R. Mullarkey) standing beside Glider Home Laundry and Dry Cleaning Agitator, Washer and steam garment press with Vel Colgate so...
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Baby High Chair

Date: 03 25 1947
Description: Metal baby high chair capable of disassembling and folding for easy transport. Close-up view of chair disassembled, with parts packed in a suitcase. View d...
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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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