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20th anniversary celebrations, Beckman Instruments in Porterville, California

  • 1985

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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 groundwater and soil with lead, Freon-113, trichloroethylene, and 1,1-dichlorethylene. Identified individuals include Penny Rosso, Louis Rosso, and Marshall Black. Photographs not bearing the Edwards Studio stamp are unattributed.

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  • (verso, 2012-002_1173) "#11"
  • (verso, 2012-002_1174 - 2012-002_1177) "Edwards Studio. P.O. Box 388. Porterville, CA 93258. Phone 781-1225."
  • (verso, 2012-002_1173) "Beckman Life, Spring 1985. 50th Anniversary Chronicle. (Center Spread). Porterville. Photo Caption. Lou and Penny Rosso are conversing with Marshall Black, Manufacturing Support Manager of the Porterville plant. Marshall has been with Beckman 11 years."
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Sub-series 1. Image Files
  • Series X. Photographic Materials
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  • Box 57, Folder 35

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Edwards Studio. “20th Anniversary Celebrations, Beckman Instruments in Porterville, California,” 1985. Beckman Historical Collection, Box 57, Folder 35. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/08612p06f.

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