(left to right): Laveta Audrey Johnson, Ursula Vivian Victor, Anne Wagman, Caroline Littlejohn, Roger Hugh Nelson, Richard C. Hitchcock, John David Kaufman

Summary

Group portrait of participants in the 8th Science Talent Institute, March 1949, showing (left to right): Laveta Audrey Johnson, age 17, Oak Park, Illinois; Ursula Vivian Victor, age 16, Forest Hills, New York; Anne Wagman, age 16, Forest Hills, New York; Caroline Littlejohn, age 16, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Roger Hugh Nelson, age 17, Mt. Pleasant, Utah; Dr. Richard C. Hitchcock; and John David Kaufman, Grinnell, Iowa. Hitchcock worked for Westinghouse Electric Corporation, where his research focused on quartz crystals and stroboscopy; he was demonstrating a new strain gauge.

Subject

• Hitchcock, Richard C
• Westinghouse Science Talent Search
• Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-3244

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1949
• March 1949

Restrictions & Rights

• No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
• Copyright Not Evaluated

Topic

• Electrical engineering
• Science fairs

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-3244]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints

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