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1 (of 8) Harold E. Varmus receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 1989.

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2 (of 8) Laureates assembled at the Nobel Prize award ceremony in the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1989: Physics laureates Norman F. Ramsey, Hans G. Dehmelt and Wolfgang Paul, chemistry laureates Sidney Altman and Thomas R. Cech, medicine laureates J. Michael Bishop and Harold E. Varmus, literature laureate Camilo José Cela and economic sciences laureate Trygve Haavelmo.

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3 (of 8) Chemistry laureates Sidney Altman and Thomas R. Cech, medicine laureates J. Michael Bishop and Harold E. Varmus, literature laureate Camilo José Cela and economic sciences laureate Trygve Haavelmo at the 1989 Nobel Prize award ceremony.

Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström

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4 (of 8) Harold E. Varmus' son gives a helping hand with the bow tie after the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1989.

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5 (of 8) Princess Christina of Sweden listens attentively to Harold E. Varmus at the Nobel Banquet on 10 December 1989.

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6 (of 8) Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf (left) and Queen Silvia of Sweden (her back to the camera) meet Harold Varmus and his family in the Golden Hall of the Stockholm City Hall, after the Nobel Banquet on 10 December 1989.

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7 (of 8) Medicine laureates J. Michael Bishop and Harold E. Varmus with a painting of Alfred Nobel. Photo taken during the Nobel Week, December 1989.

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8 (of 8) Nine of the ten Nobel Prize laureates of 1989 assembled at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm in December 1989. Back row: J. Michael Bishop, Sidney Altman, Harold E. Varmus, Thomas R. Cech, Wolfgang Paul and Hans G. Dehmelt. Front row: Norman F. Ramsey, Camilo José Cela and Trygve Haavelmo.

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