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Perkin-Elmer fluorescence spectrophotometer in use at Arthur D. Little company
- 1970s
General view of two unidentified chemists discussing the spectrum of a compound analyzed using a Perkin-Elmer fluorescence spectrophotometer in the laboratory of the Biomolecular Sciences Section of the Arthur D. Little…
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Perkin-Elmer elemental analyzer in use at Marine Ecology Laboratory
- 1970s
General view of technician Georgina Phillips operating a Perkin-Elmer elemental analyzer in the Marine Ecology Laboratory at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Per notations…
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Perkin-Elmer elemental analyzer in use at Foster Wheeler Corporation
- 1970s
General view of an unidentified female chemist examining the recording graph from a Perkin-Elmer elemental analyzer in use at a laboratory associated with the Foster Wheeler Corporation. Per notations accompanying the…
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Perkin-Elmer atomic absorption spectrophotometer in use at industrial hygiene laboratory
- 1970s
General view of an unidentified laboratory technician using a Perkin-Elmer Model 403 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer to test the lead content of a urine sample in the industrial hygiene laboratory at the Electric…
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Perkin-Elmer atomic absorption spectrophotometer in use at Hershey Company facility
- 1970s
General view of laboratory technician Margaret Kreiser using the heated graphite atomizer (HGA) attachment of a Perkin-Elmer Model 403 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer to test a chocolate sample for volatile elements…
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Perkin-Elmer Delta Series Thermal Analysis System
- 1970s
General view of a suite of scientific instruments comprising the Perkin-Elmer Delta Series Thermal Analysis System, including a differential scanning calorimeter, thermomechanical analyzer, and Model 3700 data station.…
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Mullin Chiong conducting urine sample analysis at Yale-New Haven Medical Center
- 1970s
General view of clinical technologist Mullin Chiong measuring a urine sample prior to analysis in the analytical laboratory at the Yale-New Haven Medical Center. Per notations accompanying the photograph, a Perkin-Elmer…
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Women in science, Urine--Analysis, Employees, Fluorescence spectroscopy, Life sciences, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Corporations, Anticonvulsants, Women employees, Asian American scientists, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Laboratories, Chiong, Mullin, Scientists
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Jogbra
- 1977 – 1979
Invented by Lisa Lindahl and Polly Smith in 1977, the Jogbra was the first sports bra. Lindahl and Smith's initial prototype was in the style of two jockstraps sewn together to create a crude brassiere with two pouches…
- Manufacturer Jogbra, Inc.
- Subject Jogbra, Inc., Athletics--Equipment and supplies, Brassieres, Women athletes, Exercise, Women inventors, Women--Health and hygiene
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Jeanette Clarke using a Perkin-Elmer Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer at Fordham Hospital
- 1970s
General view of Jeanette Clarke, employee at New York City's Fordham Hospital, using a Perkin-Elmer Model 403 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer to measure the lead content in a sample of blood. Per notations…
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Women in science, Atomic absorption spectroscopy, Employees, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Life sciences, Hospitals, Scientific apparatus and instruments, African American women, Blood--Analysis, Corporations, African Americans, Women employees, Laboratories, Clarke, Jeanette
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Helipot Division: Workshop
- 1970s
Women employees and technicians assemble Helipot products at benches. The Helipot Division of Beckman Instruments mostly produced potentiometers and other electrical components.
Potentiometers regulate the flow of…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Electronic industries, Workshops, Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Women employees
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Helipot Division: Workshop
- 1970s
Women employees and technicians assemble Helipot products at benches. The Helipot Division of Beckman Instruments mostly produced potentiometers and other electrical components.
Potentiometers regulate the flow of…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Electronic industries, Workshops, Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Women employees
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First Day Cover commemorating Dr. Rosalyn S. Yalow
- 1979
Cachet created by Colorano is a silk depiction of Rosalyn S. Yalow with text that describes the work which earned her the 1977 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Part of the Women's History Series (No. 83) by the National…
- Creator Of Work Colorano
- Subject Women in science, Postage stamps, Jewish scientists, Women scientists, Postmarks, Yalow, Rosalyn S. (Rosalyn Sussman), 1921-2011, Science on postage stamps, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Nobel Prize winners, Cachets (Philately), Physicists, Women in medicine, Women Nobel Prize winners
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Chocolate sample testing at Hershey Company facility
- 1970s
General view of laboratory technician Margaret Kreiser grating a sample of chocolate prior to testing at a Hershey Company facility. Per notations accompanying the photograph, testing included an analysis of the…
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Beckman Model C2 Oxygen Analyzer
- 1970s
This oxygen analyzer is being used to ensure food safety by measuring the oxygen content of the headspace inside food packaging. Oxygen readings that are too high could indicate an environment that encourages the growth…
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Beckman HC/CO Tester in use measuring automobile exhaust
- 1970s
A man in a lab coat and a woman with a clipboard record the readings of an HC/CO Tester attached to the tailpipe of an automobile. This instrument measures the levels of hydrocarbons (HCs) and carbon monoxide (CO)…
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Professor Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1978
Study for a never-finished portrait of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin OM FRS (1910-1994), by English artist Graham Sutherland. Hodgkin was an English biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1964 for her work in…
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Woman assembling a Beckman Immunochemistry Analyzer
- Circa 1977
Beckman Instruments debuted an Immunochemistry Analyzer in 1977 and an Auto ICS (Immunochemistry System) in 1980.
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Postage stamp from Martinique commemorating Irène and Frédéric Joliot-Curie's 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1977
Stamp depicts Irène and Frédéric Joliot-Curie, along with a model of an unidentified molecule.
- Artist Vásárhelyi, Gyula László 1929-
- Subject Women in science, Joliot-Curie, Irène, 1897-1956, Postage stamps, Women physicists, Women in physics, Women scientists, Chemists, Commemorative postage stamps, Women chemists, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Joliot-Curie, Frédéric, Physicists, Martinique, Women in chemistry, Women Nobel Prize winners
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Portrait of Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921-2011)
- Circa 1977
Portrait of Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921-2011), an American medical physicist and co-recipient of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the development of the radioimmunoassay (RIA) technique.
Rosalind…
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16m 30s
Baseline: The Chemist
- 1977
This film from the American Chemical Society showcases the skills of the chemist with artful shots of chemical reactions, laboratory procedures, and instruments, and free verse, first-person narration connecting the…
- Creator Of Work American Chemical Society
- Producer Screen Presentations, Inc.
- Subject Chemistry, Chemists, Women chemists, American Chemical Society, Chemical laboratories
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Shirley Ann Jackson's application for employment at IBM
- 1977-Nov-08
Shirley Ann Jackson's (1946-) application for employment at IBM.
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Letter from Shirley Ann Jackson to Sidney L. Hantler, November 1977
- 1977-Nov-08
Shirley Ann Jackson (1946-) writes to Sidney L. Hantler, informing him that she would like to be considered for employment at the I.B.M. Thomas J. Watson Research Center.
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First day cover commemorating Maria Goeppert Mayer
- 1977-Oct-20
Philatelic First Day Cover features a Colorano "Silk” cachet. These First Day Covers, produced by Colorano, were introduced in 1971 and produced until 2016. Each color illustration is printed on satin-finish fabric…
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Letter from Sidney L. Hantler to Shirley Ann Jackson, January 1977
- 1977-Jan-12
Sidney L. Hantler asks Shirley Ann Jackson (1946-) to fill out an application in order to visit the Thomas J. Watson Research Center at IBM.
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Postage stamp from Saint Kitts and Nevis commemorating Marie Curie
- 1975
Stamp issued during International Women's Year (1975), depicting Marie Curie, "discoverer of radium," by the former British colony Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (now called the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis.)
- Subject Women in science, Curie, Marie, 1867-1934, Women physicists, Women scientists, Chemists, Women physical scientists, International Women's Year (1975), Commemorative postage stamps, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Women chemists, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Women in chemistry, Physicists, Postage stamps, Anguilla, Women Nobel Prize winners