Sophia A. Satina (1879-1975) and Albert Francis Blakeslee (1874-1954), shown with samples of mold

Description: Cytologist Sophia A. Satina (1879-1975), shown with geneticist Albert Francis Blakeslee, was born in Russia, where she taught at the Women's College of Moscow until 1921. Satina's research collaboration with Blakeslee began in 1937, focusing primarily on plant tumors...Creator/Photographer: Fremont Davis..Medium: Black and white photographic print..Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives ..Collection: Accession 90-105: Science Service Records, 1920s – 1970s - 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: SIA2007-0265