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Inscribed portrait of Robert A. Millikan (1868-1953)
- 1952
Dr. Robert Millikan was an American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1923 for his work the photoelectric effect and for measuring the elementary electronic charge. In 1923 he also became director of…
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Dennis McDonald with Robert Steinmeyer after return from kidnapping in El Salvador
- 1979
Beckman Instruments had a subsidiary company and manufacturing plant called Aplar in El Salvador. In 1979 the country was on the brink of a civil war that would ultimately span three decades. On September 21, 1979, the…
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Portrait of Donald Strauss
- 1980
Donald Strauss was first hired by Beckman Instruments in 1952 as director of employee relations, and he would go on to become vice president of administration before he retired in 1989. He was also mayor of Newport…
- Photographer Laursen, Rene
- Subject Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Fausto Bucheli and Dennis McDonald return from kidnapping in El Salvador
- 1979
Beckman Instruments had a subsidiary company and manufacturing plant called Aplar in El Salvador. In 1979 the country was on the brink of a civil war that would ultimately span three decades. On September 21, 1979, the…
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Portrait of Richard A. Nesbit
- Circa 1981
Head of the Systems Division at Beckman Instruments in the 1960s. The Systems Division designed and manufactured computers and data handling systems. Nesbit went on to become vice president for research and development.
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Robert Lineberger with unidentified man
- Undated
Lineberger is the man on the right. The instrument they are examining is unidentified.
- Photographer Frey Photos
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip of the United Kingdom at the Beckman Instruments plant in Glenrothes, Scotland
- 1959
The man shaking hands with Queen Elizabeth may be Arnold O. Beckman, founder of Beckman Instruments. The man to the right of the image is unidentified.
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Beckman Instruments stock being traded on the New York Stock Exchange
- Undated
Unidentified men trading stock on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
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Beckman Instruments going public on the New York Stock Exchange
- 1952
From left to right: Arnold O. Beckman (founder of Beckman Instruments), Michael Bregman, Keith Funston, and Fred Erhman.
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German food purity team visit to Beckman Instruments
- 1957-Nov-08
Arnold O. Beckman, founder and CEO of Beckman Instruments, is standing on the right. The other people in this image are unidentified.
- Photographer Dietrich, T. A.
- Subject Food industry and trade--Safety measures, Globes, Food--Safety measures, Germany, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Instruments advertisement photoshoot
- 1963
This image was created for use in an advertisement.
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Beckman Model E Analytical Ultracentrifuge Serial Numbers 1 and 1000
- 1965-Dec-14
Dr. Howard Schachman, a Spinco Division technical consultant and professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, displays the Serial No. 1 and Serial No. 1000 of the Model E Ultracentrifuge at an event celebrating the…
- Photographer Fred English Photographs
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Centrifuges, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Completion of first Beckman LS 9800 liquid scintillation instrument
- 1981-Oct
Unidentified Beckman Instruments employees who worked on the LS 9800 liquid scintillation counter. Liquid scintillation counters measure the radioactivity of a sample by mixing the sample with a solvent containing a…
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El Salvador kidnapping task force with ransom suitcase
- 1981-Nov-20
Beckman Instruments had a subsidiary company and manufacturing plant called Aplar in El Salvador. In 1979 the country was on the brink of a civil war that would ultimately span three decades. On September 21, 1979, the…
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Completion of the first Beckman LS 9800 liquid scintillation instrument
- 1981-Oct
Unidentified Beckman Instruments employees with a LS 9800 liquid scintillation counter. Liquid scintillation counters measure the radioactivity of a sample by mixing the sample with a solvent containing a scintillator,…
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Beckman Instruments sales force
- 1953-Feb
The Beckman Instruments sales force in 1953, during a time of rapid growth for the company. This was only three years after the company changed its name from Arnold O. Beckman, Inc. and one year after the acquisition…
- Subject Sales personnel, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Liston-Becker sales force
- 1955
This photo was taken the same year that Beckman Instruments acquired Liston-Becker. This acquisition brought Liston-Becker's emissions testers and analyzers to Beckman, which continued to produce those instruments along…
- Photographer Frey Photos
- Subject Sales personnel, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Instruments Board of Directors
- 1982
Image includes: Arnold Beckman (center, seated); Dr. William F. Ballhaus Sr. (standing); Harry Gray (far right). The other men in this photograph are unidentified.
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Beckman Model DK-2A Ratio Recording Spectrophotometer
- Circa 1957
This model covered ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared spectral ranges. The Beckman DK Spectrophotometer was an enhancement of the DU, which expanded the instrument’s range of into near-infrared. This was…
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Arnold O. Beckman displaying expansion plans for Spinco Division Plant
- 1960-Aug-19
From left to right: F. Clifford Jr. (Spinco Division manger), Arnold O. Beckman, Frederick Terman (provost and vice president of Stanford University), and Rear Admiral John Ball (mayor of Palo Alto) look at plans for…