People
Heilbrunn is seated at a table with a microscope with one objective lens. He is fully facing the camera, leaning on the table to his left. There are several laboratory glassware pieces in front of him, and the shelf behind him holds petri dishes and a large, labeled glass bottle.
May sitting at his desk with his hands placed on an open book.
Cowles is seated with his body angled to the left of the frame, looking away and to the left. There is an open book in the extreme foreground, and bare shelves behind him.
Farr is seated at a table with an open book, and a microscope with two objectives. The microscope holds a glass dish with clear fluid. She is looking at the camera, her body angled very slightly to the right of the frame.
Pearse is seated at a worktable, facing the camera. There is a binocular dissecting scope on the table, to his left.
Cole is seated at a worktable with a pencil in his right hand and an open notebook. There is a spool of twine in the foreground, and shelves holding various instruments in the background. Cole is looking at the camera, his body angled to the right of the frame.
Peabody is seated at a table with a microscope with three objectives. She is looking through the microscope, and her right hand is holding a pencil poised over a stack of paper, as if to take notes of her observations. She is oriented to the right of the frame.
Yntema is seated at a desk, with an open container of glass slides and a microscope with three objectives. He is looking at the camera, his body angled slightly to the left of the frame, his right arm resting on the desk. There is a closed door with a glass pane in the background.
Graubard is seated at a worktable, facing the camera. He holds a flask in his hands, and before him on the table are two beakers, two large test tubes, and several glass jars with narrow necks.
Buch is seated, holding a long glass pipette with two marks on it. Behind him are shelves containing numerous stoppered or corked jars of various sizes, and a set of test tubes in a holder. Buch is fully facing the camera.
Hotchkiss is seated at a desk with a typewriter. She is looking at the camera and her body is oriented to the right of the frame.
Rakestraw is seated with his body oriented to the right of the frame, and his head turned left to look at the camera. There is laboratory glassware behind him, and the back walls may be chalkboards.