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13 items
20th anniversary celebrations, Beckman Instruments in Porterville, California
- 1985
Unidentified employees and their children gather for anniversary celebrations and a service awards banquet, about one year before the Porterville plant was declared a Superfund site responsible for contaminating…
- Photographer Edwards Studio
- Subject Anniversaries, Employees, Executives, Award presentations, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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12 items
Portraits of Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004)
- 1980s
Some photographs are inscribed with details regarding dates and the occasion for the photograph.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a…
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11 items
Portraits of Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004)
- 1970s
Some photographs include more specific dates or notes, including an image's use in the 1973 annual report.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus…
- Photographer Curtis Studios, Edwards Studio
- Subject Scientists--Portraits, Beckman, Arnold O., Globes, Portraits, Portraits, American
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13 items
Portraits of Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004)
- 1963 – 1966
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
- Photographer Hesketh, Dean D., Healy, Dale, Laursen, Rene, Dietrich, T. A.
- Subject Scientists--Portraits, Beckman, Arnold O., Portraits, Portraits, American
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Portraits of Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004)
- 1960 – 1962
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
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19 items
Portraits of Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004)
- 1950s
Some of the portraits bear a photographer's stamp or more specific date (occasionally contradicting other prints of the same photograph).
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful…
- Photographer Dietrich, T. A., Harmon, Larry, Rothschild Photo, Raeburn, Jean
- Subject Scientists--Portraits, Beckman, Arnold O., Portraits, Offices, Portraits, American
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3 items
Portraits of Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004)
- 1945
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
- Photographer Curtis Studios
- Subject Scientists--Portraits, Beckman, Arnold O., Portraits, Portraits, American
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29 items
Fred Herr Memorial 5K-10K Walk/Run
- 1992-Sep-13
Beckman employees participate in the Fred Herr Memorial Walk/Run. Olympic decathlete and founding member of the Board of Directors of the Special Olympics Rafer Johnson was on hand. It is unclear whether the two photos…
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Arnold Beckman on the set of "Science in Action"
- 1962 – 1963
In December 1962, Arnold Beckman filmed an appearance on the long-running television program Science in Action to demonstrate how some of his instruments worked.
The screen images are attributed to Juan Zec, a chemist…
- Photographer Zec, Juan, Moss Photography
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., California Academy of Sciences, Television programs, Herald, Earl Stannard
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Helipot Corporation staff
- 1950-Jul
Staff and representatives pose outside the Helipot Corporation's Meridian Avenue location.
The Helipot Corporation was founded during World War II by Arnold O. Beckman of Beckman Instruments (at that time still…
- Photographer Brooks, Ernest W.
- Subject Employees, Portraits, Group, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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18 items
Early Beckman facilities, Pasadena and South Pasadena
- Undated
- 1934 – 1935
- 1940
- 1946
- 1949
- 1950
A Pasadena garage was the first home of the National Postal Meter Company, founded by Arnold Beckman in 1934. The company soon became National Technical Laboratories, with a focus on pH meters. In 1935, the company…
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Groundbreaking ceremony for Spinco Division building in Palo Alto, California
- 1960-Aug
The photographs document the groundbreaking ceremonies for Spinco's Building #2. Identified individuals include Arnold Beckman, Bob Erickson (executive vice president), George Clifford (Spinco Division manager), Ed…
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Arnold Beckman's 100th birthday
- 2000-Apr
The photographs document birthday celebrations.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical…
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4 items
Arnold Beckman's 98th birthday
- 1998
The photographs document birthday celebrations.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical…
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3 items
Arnold Beckman's 91st birthday
- 1991
The photographs document birthday celebrations. The images are numbered, but the subjects are unidentified.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and…
- Photographer Metcalf, Edi
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Birthday parties, Portraits, Group
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Arnold Beckman's 90th birthday
- 1990
The photographs document birthday celebrations. Some include numbers, date stamps, and descriptive notes on the reverse. Identified individuals include Gavin Herbert (Allergan and Beckman Instruments board member),…
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Birthday parties, Piano
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21 items
Dr. Beckman Memorial Service
- Roll 341559
- 2004-Jul-07
The photographs document a memorial service held two months after Arnold Beckman's death.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long…
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Memorial service
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23 items
Dr. Beckman Memorial Service
- Roll 341551
- 2004-Jul-07
The photographs document a memorial service held two months after Arnold Beckman's death.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long…
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Memorial service
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24 items
Dr. Beckman Memorial Service
- Roll 341459
- 2004-Jul-07
The photographs document a memorial service held two months after Arnold Beckman's death.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long…
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Memorial service
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13 items
Dr. Beckman Memorial Service
- Roll 331450
- 2004-Jul-07
The photographs document a memorial service held two months after Arnold Beckman's death.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long…
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Memorial service
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19 items
Instructions for the Beckman Photoelectric Quartz Spectrophotometer
- Instructions No. 91
- Undated
This undated draft is handwritten and hand-drawn on yellow paper.
The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed in 1940, when the company was still called National Technical Laboratories. Spurred by…
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The Vindication of the DR
- or, "Don't Fall For That Speed Stuff"
- 1954-Apr-16
The DR was a double-beam ultraviolet spectrophotometer, designed for accuracy rather than speed. Lee Cahn's skit represents an effort to begin "selling accuracy," as noted in the attached memo from J. D. MacNamara. The…
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Letter from Dr. Donald H. Loughridge to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1953-Nov-17
Donald Loughridge, dean of Northwestern University, exchanges friendly news with Arnold Beckman before discussing chemistry professor Robert L. Burwell's complaints about the IR-2T spectrophotometer, its frequent…
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Letter from Arnold O. Beckman to Dr. Donald H. Loughridge
- 1953-Dec-03
In response to Donald Loughridge's complaints about the performance of the IR-2T spectrophotometer, Arnold Beckman defers to general sales manager W. H. Steinkamp and expresses confidence that he will bring the…
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Letter from Allen S. Hussey to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1954-Apr-30
Allen Hussey, the director of Northwestern University's chemical laboratories, discusses the frequent breakdowns of the IR-2T spectrophotometer, the practical and ethical barriers to selling it to recoup expenses, and…