Vintage Laboratory Activities

Black and white photos depict scientists working with old equipment in a laboratory setting, analyzing samples and operating mechanical devices.

Telemuseum's 25th anniversary 1962. TV app. 1931 and 1957.
Telemuseum's 25th anniversary 1962. TV app. 1931 and 1957.
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Wayne Bowman, left, and Michael Laboe run a test on an ALQ-170 radar simulator in the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Pod Development Facility. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Two researchers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Vintage Photograph. A scientist looking at test tube and taking notes on clipboard on table in front of him.
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Close-up of two male scientists researching in a laboratory
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1960s PORTRAIT OF CHEMISTRY TEACHER WITH HANDS ON OSCILLOSCOPE CONTROLS HOLDING GLASSWARE CHEMIST SCIENTIST LOOKING AT CAMERA
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Philips electrotechnical engineering, Italy, 70's
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Lab technician examines specimens
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Jack Shumsky, electrical engineer, prepares to use the forward looking infrared radar (FLIR) system to evaluate and measure temperature differences and sun reflections in the air. He is pouring liquid nitrogen into the cryo-pump to evaluate air out of the FLIR. Shumsky works in the airborne infrared flying laboratory of the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (AFGL). Base: Hanscom Air Force Base State: Massachusetts (MA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Scientists at work in a Laboratory.
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Thomas Alva Edison Using Telegraph
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A820275 U12G LOS MODELS ASSEMBLY CARL SMITH (PROJECT ENGINEER) JAN 21 82 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 1/21/1982 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; LOS MODELS ASSEMBLY; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; SMITH, CARL W; SPHERES; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WIRE & CABLES historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.
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Television in the 1950s. An early television recording from an food exhibition in Stockholm February 1953.
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Geologist examining cuttings from wildcat oil well, Amarillo, Texas by John Vachon, 1914-1975,
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Soviet Russian scientist at work on medical research. 1962.
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1960S Science Professor Writing A Formula For Chelating Agent On Chalkboard
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1960S Girl Student Laboratory Lab Class Biology Chemistry Sitting At Microscope With Open Book Smiling High School Teen
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Vintage Photograph. Scientist solving equation on chalkboard.
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Mario Molina and Frank Sherwood Rowland, who shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995, were the forerunners of the Montreal Protocol, thanks to their research on the role of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the destruction of atmospheric ozone.
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S64-14849 (1962) --- Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr.'s balance mechanism (semi-circular-canals) is tested by running cool water into his ear and measuring effect on eye motions (nystagmus).
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Vintage Photograph. RCA Technician with Oscillograph.
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1960S 3 College High School Teen Student Students In Biology Lab Classroom Microscopes Study Retro Vintage
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A three-year-old chimpanzee, named Ham, in the biopack couch for the MR-2 suborbital test flight. On January 31, 1961, a Mercury-Redstone launch from Cape Canaveral carried the chimpanzee Ham over 640 kilometers down range in an arching trajectory that reached a peak of 254 kilometers above the Earth. The mission was successful and Ham performed his lever-pulling task well in response to the flashing light. NASA used chimpanzees and other primates to test the Mercury Capsule before launching the first American astronaut Alan Shepard in May 1961. The successful flight and recovery confirmed the soundness of the Mercury-Redstone systems.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The chimp Ham (primate #65) and a technician goes over the equipment in Hangar S that is going to be used for Ham's suborbital flight. Ham is scheduled to be launched aboard a Mercury-Redstone 2 from Launch Pad 5 on January 31, 1961.
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John See, a laboratory technician student, checks for sugar fermentation in test tubes to confirm veneral disease, during lab tests at Clark USAF Hospital. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)
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Prof. Charles Gilmore of Smithsonian Institution with fossil dinosaur eggs, 1924. Gilmore, Curator of Fossil Reptiles, worked on 24 fossil reconstructions for the museum (BSLOC_2016_10_22)
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Chemist, Dr. Willard Libby (1908-1980), is known for his development of radiocarbon or Carbon 14 dating. Dr. Libby also worked as a member of the Manhattan Project before winning the Nobel prize in Chemistry in 1960.
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Two young women examining a solution in a test tube
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Dr. Albert B. Sabin holding a chimpanzee in Cincinnati research laboratory. He was developing a live-virus vaccine for polio to supplement Jonas Salk's killed virus vaccine. 1956.
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Craftsman carving whale.
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