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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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Nurse with Native American Girl

Date: 10 1936
Description: A nurse poses outdoors holding a Native American girl at the Lac du Flambeau Indian reservation.
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Three Generations of Native Americans

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Description: Two women and an infant represent three generations of an Indian family. They are posing at the steps of the Health Center, where they are to attend Mother...
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Class for Mothers

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Description: A health care worker is instructing two mothers how to select shoes and stockings for their children. On the wall is a poster on clothing and shoes.
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Two Children on Sled

Date: 1940
Description: Winter scene with two children on sled in the snow, possibly on Regent Street, Madison, Wisconsin. In the background is a house and yard.
Print

Nothing "Phoney" About This! Be My Valentine

Date: 1975
Description: Child's Valentine's Day card with a pink telephone on a large red heart. The text on the upper left reads "Nothing "Phoney" About This! Be My Valentine." T...
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William Schlicht Liquor Store

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Description: The storefront of the William Schlicht Wholesale Liquor Dealer. The building also was a saloon and features shuttered windows, advertising posters in the l...
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Jennie Lee and a small girl in a scene still

Date: 1915
Description: Actress Jennie Lee bends over a small flower girl who wears a kerchief on her head. They stand on the front porch of an impoverished house in this scene st...
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Captain Frank Barnes

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Description: Quarter-length oval-framed portrait of Frank Barnes, in his sixties, sitting in a chair in a garden. He is wearing a suit and vest, and has a moustache and...
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Two Women Posing for Portrait

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of two women standing and wearing dark dresses and hats. The woman on the left stands sideways, looking at the other woman, a...
Historical Object

Lydia C. Sawyer

Date: 1837
Description: Hollow-cut silhouette of Lydia C. Sawyer, who died Feb. 11, 1837 at age 22. Portrait faces right (proper left), with hair up, and a fringed collar.
Book or Pamphlet

Holy Family Hospital, Chapel

Date: 1901
Description: Gothic arches frame the intricately designed and decorated altar of the Sacred Heart chapel. Across the front of the high altar, from left to right, are st...
Photograph

Men Loading Hay onto Horse-Drawn Wagon

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Description: A group of men are loading hay onto a horse-drawn wagon. Lantern slide.
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Boys Sitting with Pumpkins and Shock of Corn

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Description: Two boys are sitting in a field, with pumpkins and corn on the ground in front of them, and a shock of corn behind them. Lantern slide.
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Vines and Plants Around Window

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Description: Vines and plants are around the window of a house. Plants are along the side of the house and a wooden walk. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Boy in Field with Basket of Onions

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Description: A boy, wearing overalls and a hat, is standing in a field holding a basket of onions. The basket is resting on wooden bins of onions. Hand-tinted lantern s...
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Girl Feeding Lambs

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Description: A girl is standing feeding lambs outside. Behind her is a large, stone and wood beam building. Caption at bottom left reads: "Wallaces Farmer." Hand-tinted...
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Portrait of Man

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of a man wearing a necktie, shirt, vest and suit coat. Hand-tinted lantern slide.

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