This collection consists of print photographs and slides depicting the staff, facilities, and instrumentation of the Perkin-Elmer Corporation, with the bulk of the photographs dating from the 1960's and 1970's. Photographs of instrumentation, including stratoscopes, atomic absorption and ultraviolet spectrophotometers, and gas chromatographs, form the core of the collection and include both staged publicity photographs and images of these instruments in use in various laboratory settings.
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectroscopy equipment in use at Broome Community College laboratory
- 1970s
General view of two unidentified students operating Perkin-Elmer infrared spectroscopy equipment in the chemical analysis instrument laboratory at Broome Community College in New York State. Per notations accompanying…
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer in use at Columbus Crime Laboratory
- 1970s
General view of an unidentified chemist preparing a drug evidence sample for analysis by a Perkin-Elmer Infrared Spectrophotometer in the Columbus Police Department Crime Laboratory. Per notations accompanying the…
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer in use at IBM laboratory
- 1970s
General view of associate engineer R. Mark Phelan preparing a sample of silicone resin for analysis by a Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer at IBM's Manufacturing Materials Analysis Laboratory located in San Jose,…
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Infrared spectrophotometer in use at General Instruments Corporation laboratory
- 1970s
Close-up view of a sample being inserted into a Perkin-Elmer Model 735 Infrared Spectrophotometer in use at a General Instrument Corporation laboratory in Hicksville, New York. Per notations accompanying the photograph,…
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer in use at EPA mobile laboratory
- 1970s
General view of an unidentified chemist preparing an oil sample for analysis by a Perkin-Elmer Model 727 Infrared Spectrophotometer in a mobile laboratory for the Environmental Protection Agency's Oil and Hazardous…
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Infrared sensor in production at Perkin-Elmer facility
- 1970s
Close-up view of an infrared sensor, likely designed for use with a telescope or other optical system, in production at an unidentified Perkin-Elmer Corporation facility. The employee visible in the photograph is also…
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Employees, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Instrument manufacture, Corporations
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Infrared sensor in production at Perkin-Elmer facility
- 1970s
Two views of an infrared sensor, likely designed for use with a telescope or other optical system, in production at an unidentified Perkin-Elmer Corporation facility. The employee visible in the photographs is also…
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Employees, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Instrument manufacture, Corporations
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Perkin-Elmer inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry system
- 1985 – 1986
General view of a Perkin-Elmer Model 6500 Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry system in use at an unidentified laboratory facility. The individuals visible in the photograph are identified as Dr. Lee Davidowski…
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer in use at Environmental Protection Agency
- 1970s
General view of Dr. Eva Wittgenstein inserting a sample into a Perkin-Elmer Model 621 Grating Infrared Spectrophotometer in use at a facility associated with the Laboratory Methods Research Section of the Environmental…
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Women in science, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Corporations, Women chemists, Pollutants, Laboratories, Air--Pollution, Chemists
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer in use at Federal Drug Enforcement Administration
- 1970s
General view of an unidentified chemist examining the graphical output of a Perkin-Elmer Model 621 Grating Infrared Spectrophotometer in use at the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration's Special Testing and Research…
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Peanut oil testing using Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer
- 1970s
General view of Dr. Giovanni Bigalli posed with a Perkin-Elmer Grating Infrared Spectrophotometer at an unidentified laboratory facility. Per notations accompanying the photograph, this spectrophotometer is being used…
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer in use at Florida Citrus Department
- 1970s
General view of Research Chemist S.V. Ting inserting a citrus sample into a Perkin-Elmer Model 457 Grating Infrared Spectrophotometer at a Florida Citrus Department laboratory located in Lake Alfred, Florida. Per…
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer in use at Calgon Water Management laboratory
- 1970s
General view of a Perkin-Elmer Model 337 Grating Infrared Spectrophotometer in use at a Calgon Water Management laboratory facility. The female technician visible in the photograph is unidentified.
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer in use at Calgon Water Management laboratory
- 1970s
General view of a Perkin-Elmer Grating Infrared Spectrophotometer in use at a Calgon Water Management laboratory facility. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the spectrophotometer is being used to characterize…
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer in use at Macfield Texturizing Company
- 1970s
General view of a Perkin-Elmer Model 257 Grating Infrared Spectrophotometer in use at the Macfield Texturizing Company plant in Madison, North Carolina. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the instrument is being…
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Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrometer in use at Optimal Systems, Inc. laboratory
- 1970s
General view of an unidentified chemist checking the graphical read-out of a Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrometer in use at the Atlanta laboratory of Optimal Systems, Inc. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the…
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Heated graphite atomizer in use at General Instruments Corporation laboratory
- 1970s
Two views of a sample being injected into the heated graphite atomizer (HGA) of a Perkin-Elmer atomic absorption spectrophotometer in use at the quality control laboratory of the General Instrument Corporation in…
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Airborne particulate testing using Perkin-Elmer atomizer
- 1970s
General view of Dr. N. Quickert injecting a sample prepared from airborne particulate matter into the tube of a Perkin-Elmer heated graphite atomizer (HGA) in order to determine the sample's cadmium content. The…
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Perkin-Elmer atomic absorption spectrophotometer in use at State of Virginia Environmental Laboratory
- 1970s
General view of chemist Robert Potts inserting a programming card into the heated graphite atomizer (HGA) of a Perkin-Elmer atomic absorption spectrophotometer in use at the State of Virginia's Environmental Laboratory.…
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Blood-serum analysis at Yale-New Haven Medical Center
- 1970s
Close-up view of a blood-serum sample being injected into a Perkin-Elmer gas chromatograph via a solvent-free sampler capsule in the analytical laboratory at the Yale-New Haven Medical Center. Per notations…
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Perkin-Elmer gas chromatograph in use at Bethlehem Steel laboratory
- 1970s
General view of Senior Pollution Control Technician Tara Schultz inserting a stack gas sample via syringe into a Perkin-Elmer gas chromatograph in the pollution laboratory at a Bethlehem Steel Corporation plant in…
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Perkin-Elmer gas chromatographs in use at National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health laboratory
- 1970s
General view of an unidentified female technician inserting a sample of an organic solvent into a Perkin-Elmer gas chromatograph at a laboratory associated with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health…
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Perkin-Elmer gas chromatography system in use at U.S. Army Chemical Test Branch laboratory
- 1970s
Close-up view of chemist Lawrence Clark making an adjustment to the recording unit of a Perkin-Elmer Sigma gas chromatography system at the U.S. Army Chemical Test Branch laboratory located in Edgewood, Maryland. Per…
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Perkin-Elmer gas chromatography system in use at Centers for Disease Control
- 1970s
Two views of laboratory technician Cynthia A. Alley operating a Perkin-Elmer gas chromatograph and data station in a laboratory at the Analytical Bacteriology Branch of the Centers for Disease Control. In the first…
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Women in science, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Life sciences, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.), Communicable diseases, Corporations, Gas chromatography, Gas chromatography--Instruments, Women employees, Laboratories
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Perkin-Elmer gas chromatograph in use at Georgia Power Company
- 1970s
Close-up view of employee Larry Weathington operating a Perkin-Elmer Sigma 1 Gas Chromatograph System in a test laboratory associated with the Georgia Power Company. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the…
