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Caricature of Lester Francis Hoyt

  • 1931

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Caricature of food chemist Lester Francis Hoyt created by artist J.C. Weller at the 1931 American Chemical Society National Meeting in Buffalo, New York. A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (class of 1913), Hoyt was Director of Research at the Larkin Company, a soap manufacturer based in Buffalo.

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  • 11.75 in. H x 9.75 in. W
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  • Box 4

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Weller, J.C. “Caricature of Lester Francis Hoyt.” Watercolor, 1931. Photographs and Ephemera from the Records of the Chemists' Club, Box 4. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/vq27zp551.

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