Browse Items (21 total)
- Collection: Science in the Public Service (C-3)
Imperial War Museum, Penicillin
Imperial War Museum, Penicillin, Imperial War Museum, Between 1939 and 1945 - first photo, July 20 2009 - second photo
No description given
Tags: Antibiotics, Diseases, Penicillin, Science, Syphilis, World War II
Horst Schreck, Veterinary Corp U.S. Army
Horst Schreck, Veterinary Corp U.S. Army, Library of Congress, 1919
The Veterinary Corps, U.S. Army, taught men care and treatment of sick animals; horse judging and soundness; horseshoeing; riding; driving; meat and…
Tags: Animals, Horse Riding, Horses, U.S. Army, Veterinary Corps
Douglas A. Lockard, Herbert Boyer
Douglas A. Lockard, Herbert Boyer, Science History Institute, June 9 2005
Herbert Wayne "Herb" Boyer (born July 10, 1936) is a researcher and entrepreneur in biotechnology. Along with Stanley N. Cohen and Paul Berg he…
Tags: Bacteria, Biotech, Genetic Engineering, Herbert Boyer, Science
Department of Agriculture. Office of the Secretary. Office of Information, Main Building of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Department of Agriculture. Office of the Secretary. Office of Information, Main Building of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Circa 1895
The Department of Agriculture Building was the original headquarters of the United States Department of Agriculture located on the National Mall…
Tags: Agriculture, Architecture, Department of Agriculture, Historic, Washington D.C.
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Carl L. Alsberg
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Carl L. Alsberg, UC Berkeley, Unknown
Carl L. Alsberg (April 2, 1877 October 31, 1940) was an American chemist who served as Commissioner of Food and Drugs from 1912 to 1921. After…
Tags: Adulteration, Carl Alsberg, Chemistry, Coca-Cola, FDA, Monsanto, Safety
DCPL Commons, Portrait of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley
DCPL Commons, Portrait of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, DCPL Commons, Circa 1900
Harvey Washington Wiley (October 30, 1844, Kent, Indiana - June 30, 1930, Washington, D.C.) was a noted chemist involved with the passage of the…
Tags: Agriculture, Chemistry, Federal, Food Safety, Harvey Wiley
Columbia University, Finding a Cure for Huntington's Disease
Columbia University, Finding a Cure for Huntington's Disease, Columbia University, None
For her groundbreaking work in the scientific and public arenas towards finding a cure for Huntington's disease and for increasing awareness of all…
Tags: Diseases, Genetics, Huntington's Disease, Nancy Wexler, Science
Caroline Miles, Eileen Collins
Caroline Miles, Eileen Collins
On February 4th, 1995 at 12:22 a.m, Eileen Collins was about to be launched into space. With the takeoff of the STS-63 space shuttle, Collins would…
Tags: Air Force, Eileen Collins, NASA, Shuttle Pilot, Space, USAA
Carl Mydans, Farm Security Administration - the New Deal
Carl Mydans, Farm Security Administration - the New Deal, Library of Congress, 1935
Farm Security Administration (FSA) was an effort during the Great Depression to combat American rural poverty. The FSA stressed "rural rehabilitation"…
Tags: Anti-Poverty, Farm Security Administration, FDR, FSA, Great Depression, Rural Poverty
Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklyn as Scientist and Innovator
Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklyn as Scientist and Innovator, Library of Congress, 1776 - first photo, 1744 - second photo
Benjamin Franklin is considered an American patriot and founding father, but his careers and influence took him much further. As a "man of science"…
Tags: Benjamin Franklin, Electricity, Fireplace, Glasses, Inventions, Science