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Emil Fischer's proposed structure for d-galactose in 1894

(Source: Fischer E, Morrell RS. Ueber die Configuration der Rhamnose und Galactose [On the configuration of rhamnose and galactose]. Berichte der Deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin 1894;27:382-94. Public domain.)