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Portrait of Richard Scott Perkin (1906-1969)

  • 1950s

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Portrait of American entrepreneur Richard Scott Perkin (1906-1969) seated at a desk. In 1937, Richard Perkin and Charles Elmer (1872-1954) founded the Perkin-Elmer Corporation, an optical design and consulting company that later expanded into the manufacture of analytical and astronomical instruments.

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  • 8 in. H x 10 in. W
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 2

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Perkin-Elmer Corporation. “Portrait of Richard Scott Perkin (1906-1969),” 1950–1959. Photographs from the Perkin-Elmer-Applera Collection, Box 2. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/mg74qm99v.

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