1962 Press Photo Woman Technician Doing Work at All-Union Insitute in Leningrad

Leningrad, U.S.S.R.: Doing her work in the glare of huge overhead lights, this woman technician at the All-Union Institute in Leningrad is actually waging war against insects. Scientist at the institute's biophysics laboratory are using radioactive isotopes and radiation in experiments to find new methods of protecting plants from pests and plant diseases. The plants shown here being grown in an artificial climate chamber. Russia -People - Women.

Photo is dated 1962.

Photo measures 7 x 9.25 inches.