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Easter Seal Boy

Date: 03 11 1955
Description: David Lindl, Easter Seal boy, being carried to taxicab by driver, Mr. Coster.
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Washington School Hearing Clinic

Date: 07 15 1948
Description: Participants in a large-scale hearing clinic held at Washington School in Madison and sponsored by the University of Wisconsin departments of speech and ed...
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Race of Dimes

Date: 02 05 1949
Description: Two children in wheelchairs, Jean Bokina, left, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bokina and right, Steven Butts, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Freeman Butts, with ...
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March of Dimes Wheelchair Race

Date: 01 28 1950
Description: Four-year-old Paul Rosen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. (Agnes) Rosen, 118 Jackson Street, is all smiles at the Junior Chamber of Commerce March of Dimes Whe...
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March of Dimes Campaign

Date: 12 31 1951
Description: 20-month-old Beverly Smith standing while wearing braces on her lower legs and holding the finger of her mother, Mrs. Eugene Smith.
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March of Dimes Campaign

Date: 12 31 1951
Description: Warren Anderson, age 7, former polio sufferer, is shown sitting in an upholstered chair with his cat, Sam. Warren was saved by his 14-year-old sister, Caro...
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March of Dimes Campaign

Date: 12 31 1951
Description: Bruce Chapman, age 12, is shown five years after being stricken with polio and recovering completely. His mother, Ferne Chapman, is sitting at left with th...
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March of Dimes

Date: 01 18 1954
Description: Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Brown and their three children. Russell, right, is still fighting the effects of his paralysis from polio; he pins a Mother...
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March of Dimes

Date: 01 18 1954
Description: Portrait of five-year-old Lynn Stenrud with her mother Mrs. Ingvald Stenrud (middle), and Mrs. Robert Huehel (right), all from Deerfield. Lynn is wearing a...
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March of Dimes

Date: 01 18 1954
Description: Group portrait of Joyce and Norbert Plewke with their daughter, Pamela, who recently recovered from polio. Mrs. Plewke will participate in the upcoming Mot...
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Red Cross Blood Recipient

Date: 02 23 1954
Description: Dean Morfey, 12-years-old, is a surviving recipient of 15 pints of blood from the Red Cross during surgery. Morfey's leg was amputated after an accident.
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Easter Seals Beneficiaries

Date: 03 15 1954
Description: Terry Snowden stands with crutches and looks on as Marjorie Parish, seated and wearing a leg brace with a crutch at her side, examines a pamphlet. They are...
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George I. Wallace

Date: 02 27 1957
Description: Portrait of George I. Wallace with pipe in hand. Wallace was a volunteer who served in many offices in area retardation (sic) councils. His two daug...

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