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 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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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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