Word: blaschkas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Louis C. Bierweiler, who began his career of caring for the famous Blaschka Glass Flowers at the University 56 years ago, will retire this summer. Seven million tourists have inspected the specimens during his years as Curator...
Here he found the answer to complaints about the impracticability of dried, wax, papiermache, and alcohol-preserved flowers. Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka, father and son, were expert practitioners of their Bohemian ancestors' glass artistry. Goodale went to Germany and persuaded them to take some time away from their lucrative marine work and devote it to the field of botany, which they had invaded before...