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Rhudra Gets Surgery

Date: 12 13 1985
Description: Overhead view of Rhudra, an Indian rhinoceros, receiving surgery for a non-healing wound on the sole of his right, rear foot at the Milwaukee County Zoo. T...
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Edward N. Farber

Date: 09 06 1957
Description: Edward Farber, a prominent Milwaukee druggist, double checks a prescription order on the day before he retired. Farber operated his popular drugstore, loca...
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Mr. and Mrs. Paul Janke

Date: 11 14 1957
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Janke taking care of last minute details in their prescription department before closing their drugstore's doors at 1658 W. Hopkins permanentl...
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The Medicine Shop

Date: 08 15 1981
Description: Michael Persten standing behind the prescription counter of The Medicine Shop, a pharmacy he opened in Wauwatosa.
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Pabst Beer Kettle

Date: 08 15 1984
Description: Richard A. Schulz is checking a kettle of beer brewing at the Pabst Brewery.
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First Aid Kits

Date: 05 09 1955
Description: Seventh grade students putting together first aid kits to have at home.
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Polio Shot Time

Date: 11 15 1955
Description: All seven siblings in the Marnell family lining up for their polio inoculations.
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Big Baby

Date: 10 04 1958
Description: A new mother is looking on as her 13-pound newborn infant is weighed by the nurse.
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Community Polio Vaccine

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Description: Tables are set up at a City Hall basement lobby as a venue for public access to the polio vaccine.
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Skilled Hands at Work

Date: 01 27 1968
Description: Woman working on a wire harness for the lunar module section of an Apollo spacecraft at the AC Electronics division of General Motors Corp. plant.
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Punch Pressing Handles

Date: 11 27 1967
Description: A machinist running a punch press at Res Manufacturing Company.
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St. Joseph's Computer

Date: 12 14 1967
Description: A secretary in the pathology department at St. Joseph's Hospital working at a new computer.
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Smokey The Bear, Woodsy Owl and Kids

Date: 06 05 1989
Description: People costumed as Smokey The Bear and Woodsy Owl play outdoors with children as a forest service worker looks on.
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Evangelical Deaconess Hospital

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view of new wing under construction. A fence separates the wing from the road.
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Polio Vaccine

Date: 1955
Description: Child posing with polio vaccine bottles and boxes.
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Child Receiving Vaccine

Date: 1955
Description: Child receiving a shot, most likely the polio vaccine.
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Child Receiving Vaccine

Date: 1955
Description: Children in line for vaccine shot. The child in the foreground is being prepared for the injection, most likely the polio vaccine.
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Transport of an Iron Lung

Date: 1950
Description: Men moving an iron lung. The machine has the logo for the March of Dimes imprinted on it. Iron Lungs were commonly used for the treatment of polio.
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Polio Vaccine in Transport

Date: 1955
Description: Polio vaccine being unloaded (?) from a Northwest airplane.
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Unloading Polio Vaccine

Date: 1955
Description: A doctor unloading a box filled with a supply of the polio vaccine. The box in the foreground is labeled: "Polio Vaccine Rush" and the doctor is kneeling n...

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