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Portrait of Dr. Albert Abraham Michelson, the first American to receive the Nobel Prize in sciences, ca.1930 — Calisphere
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Professor Albert Abraham Michelson: Nobel Prize Winning Jewish Physicist from Calaveras County, California – JMAW – Jewish Museum of the American West
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