Student Observing a Petri Dish, 1975

About This Item

A student in a white lab coat carefully examines a Petri dish through a handheld magnifier, capturing her observations in pencil with steady, deliberate strokes. The close-up view reveals the quiet concentration of laboratory work in the mid-1970s, where attention to detail was both a discipline and a craft. Surrounded by notebooks and test tubes, she bridges observation and notation—translating what she sees into the precise language of science.

Identifier
TP-ATA-0610
Date
1975
Context

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Geographic Coverage
San Francisco, CA
Temporal Coverage
1970s
Type
Still Image
Format
TIFF
Source
San Francisco State University Archives
Rights
Public
Views
235

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