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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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Public Health Physicians, Nurse, and Four Children

Date: 1926
Description: Four siblings await their physical examination. Three of the children are triplets. In the background are the public health nurse and examining physician.
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Mrs. Steege and Two Children

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Description: Mrs. Steege, who drove 10 miles through the rain to have her children examined.
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Young Girl with Rickets

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Description: Annie Pagano of Marblehead, Wisconsin, diagnosed with rickets. She is of Italian nationality, aged 4 1/2 years. Nursed until 3 years old, then fed meat and...
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Infant Hygiene Class

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Description: Infant Hygiene class at Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin.
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Boy Bathing Doll in Infant Hygiene Class

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Description: A boy is bathing a doll in Infant Hygiene Class while other classmates watch.
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Nurse Instructs Mothers about Shoes

Date: 1937
Description: A nurse instructs two mothers about baby shoes.
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North Hudson Infant Triplets

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Description: Jensen triplets at their North Hudson exam.
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Nurse and Seated Mothers with Infants

Date: 1937
Description: Nurse talking to two seated mothers; each with infant in their lap.
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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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Two Nurses Outside Colby Health Center

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Description: Two nurses stand outside the Colby Health Center, a former dental office. This was the first county health center, in a village of 700 population.
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Winchester Winter

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Description: Two families (mothers and their children), stand in the snow in front of two automobiles outside the Winchester Health Center.
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Brown County Trailer

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Description: Mothers and infant children stand in front of the Brown County Trailer.
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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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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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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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