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Image: Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898-1979), demonstrating equipment in lab

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Description: Description: In 1938, when this publicity photograph was taken, physicist Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898-1979) worked at General Electric Research Laboratories, where she did important research in surface chemistry and thin films. She received the American Chemical Society's Garvan Medal in 1951. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Date: 1938 Persistent URL: [1] Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives Collection: Science Service Records, 1902-1965 (Record Unit 7091) - Science Service, now the Society for Science & the Public, was a news organization founded in 1921 to promote the dissemination of scientific and technical information. Although initially intended as a news service, Science Service produced an extensive array of news features, radio programs, motion pictures, phonograph records, and demonstration kits and it also engaged in various educational, translation, and research activities. Accession number: SIA2007-0282
Title: Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898-1979), demonstrating equipment in lab
Credit: Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898-1979), demonstrating equipment in lab
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