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L. Testa, glassblower, at work at U.S. Department of Agriculture

  • 1931

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General view of a glassblower, identified as L. Testa, working in an unidentified U.S. Department of Agriculture facility. Per a 1931 list of technical workers in the Department of Agriculture, Testa worked as a glassblower in the Biological and Organic Division, Fertilizer and Fixed Nitrogen Investigations, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils.

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  • 10 in. H x 8 in. W
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  • (On verso) "re article prepared in 1931"
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  • Box 3

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“L. Testa, Glassblower, at Work at U.S. Department of Agriculture,” 1931. Travis P. Hignett Collection of Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory Photographs, Box 3. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/sf268541c.

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