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Child Welfare Special Vehicle

Date: 1937
Description: Wisconsin State Board of Health's vehicle the "Child Welfare Special".
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Bathing Baby in Tub

Date: 1937
Description: Dr. Hunter of the Wisconsin Board of Health bathes a baby in a tub of water.
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Nurse with Native Americans

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Description: A nurse poses on steps with a Native American mother and four children.
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Nurse Weighing Baby

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Description: A nurse weighing a baby in a scale on the floor.
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Dr. Sylvia Stuessy

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Description: Portrait of Dr. Sylvia Stuessy.
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Nurse Instructs Mothers about Shoes

Date: 1937
Description: A nurse instructs two mothers about baby shoes.
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Nurse and Two Pregnant Mothers

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Description: A nurse is talking to two pregnant mothers.
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Nurse with Mothers and Babies

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Description: A nurse sits between two mothers with babies on their laps. They are discussing "individual problems of maternal and child health."
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Registration at the Health Center

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Description: Mothers with babies register at the Health Center. In the background chairs line the walls, and above them are posters on health.
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Waiting for Examination

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Description: Mothers sit with their babies in their arms as they wait for nurses to examine the infants. Infant clothing is hanging on a clothesline strung along the ba...
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Exhibit for Pregnant Women

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Description: A nurse is showing expectant mothers an exhibit. including maternity clothes. Posters on health are displayed on the wall behind them.
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Examination of a Baby

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Description: Parents watch as their baby is given a physical examination by a woman at the Health Center.
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Registering at the Health Center

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Description: Women, who are accompanied by their children, register at the Health Center. On the walls are displayed posters on health and food.
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Woman Cutting Pattern

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Description: A mother is cutting a pattern from display material on a table.
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Health Class

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Description: View from behind of group of woman and children sitting in chairs and listening as an instructor points to a chart on the wall. The instructor is teaching ...
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Clothing Demonstration

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Description: A nurse demonstrates several articles of clothing to mothers at the Health Center.
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Health Class

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Description: A nurse points to charts while teaching maternal and infant health to a small class of mothers who have children on their laps.
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Mother with Special Needs Children

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Description: A mother arriving at the Health Center with her special needs children.
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Physical Examination of Young Girl

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Description: A nurse or doctor at the Health Center gives a girl a physical examination as the mother, who is holding a baby, looks on.
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Physical Examination

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Description: A nurse or doctor gives an infant a physical examination at the Health Center as the baby's mother looks on.

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