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- Notes:
- Dr. Kendrik was a bacteriologist with the Mihcigan Department of Health who developed (with Grace Eldering) the first successful vaccine for whooping cough in the 1930s, which all but eliminated a disease that had taken the lives of thousands of children. Kendrik and Eldering later combined shots for diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus into the single DPT vaccine given to children today.
- Date Created:
- 1942-06-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Portrait of Dr. Luther Gable, signed. Gable was a scientist and a radium-uranium physicist.
- Date Created:
- 1946-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- William H. Tracy, meteorologist for the U. S. Weather Bureau, sitting at his desk. A U. S. Department of Agriculture 1925 calendar is hanging near his desk. A day calendar is on Tuesday, December 1.
- Date Created:
- 1926-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Walter K Schmidt, wearing a long lab coat is seated on a stool by a counter. Small rooms has glass door cabinets, an old electrical chord coming out of the wall, glass containers on the counter, and a pile of books at his feet. Schmidt was president of the Camera Shop and Industrial Laboratories, Inc. (city directory, 1929)
- Date Created:
- 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- William H. Tracy, meteorologist for the U. S. Weather Bureau.
- Date Created:
- 1927-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)