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Mother and Infant

Date: 01 01 1952
Description: A mother, with a mask over her mouth and nose, lying in a bed holding an infant. This is probably the first baby born in Madison in 1952, just 5 seconds af...
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Mother and Children Decorating Christmas Bread

Date: 12 05 1956
Description: Anne De Witt, 5502 Tolman Terrace, is being helped by her daughter Maureen De Witt, 4, to decorate Christmas bread while her other daughter, Beth De Witt, ...
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Shoppers in Grocery Store

Date: 02 23 1955
Description: Two grocery store employees placing Dean's Milk in grocery cart for a woman and her two children.
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American Legion Baby Contest Contestants

Date: 09 19 1952
Description: Four mothers sitting with their babies waiting to be "weighted in" at the American Legion Hall as contestants in the Legion baby show and child talent cont...
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Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 09 11 1947
Description: Visiting Nurse Service volunteers, sponsored by Attic Angels, conduct a child health examination at Longfellow School. Rea Ragatz, center, is watching Dr. ...
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Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 09 11 1947
Description: Visiting Nurse Service volunteers, sponsored by Attic Angels, interview Mrs. George (Francees) Urbanis, and daughter Carol Jean, eleven weeks old. Voluntee...
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Nurses at Wisconsin Orthopedic Hospital

Date: 11 06 1947
Description: Two nurses feeding infants at the Wisconsin Orthopedic Hospital, 1415 Linden Drive.
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French War Brides

Date: 11 24 1947
Description: Three French war brides at the French House packing food donated to the Madison committee of Aid to France. Left to right: Mrs. Arthur Indermuchle, holding...
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Lemmer Family with Christmas Gifts

Date: 12 16 1947
Description: Kenneth Lemmer Jr., sitting in a high chair, is playing with a Christmas tree ornament. His mother Katherine Lemmer is wrapping Christmas presents at a tab...
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Getting Ready for Christmas

Date: 12 16 1947
Description: Making an attractive Christmas picture, Janet Woodman holds her baby son, Douglas Shaw, in the center of a huge pine wreath hanging in a doorway.
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Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 04 19 1948
Description: Visiting nurse Maude Rydberg of the Madison Visiting Nurse Service, shows Mrs. William E. Johnson, the former Jane Weston, the proper way to use the cotton...
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Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 04 19 1948
Description: Visiting nurse Esther Sorensen of the Madison Visiting Nurse Service is advising Mrs. Chester B. Van Roo, the former Mary Lou Bell, on the care of her chil...
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Playground Scene

Date: 07 10 1948
Description: Playing in the sandbox at Olbrich Park are Mary Lou Whitney, Ann Spilde, Patsy White, year-old Noreen Kay Morehouse and some playmates.
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Kindergarten Registration at Marquette School

Date: 09 13 1948
Description: Evelyn Frish, a kindergarten teacher at Marquette School, registers students for the new school year in the Marquette School gymnasium.
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Mrs. Theodore Statz and Daughter Cindy in Yard

Date: 09 18 1948
Description: Mrs. Theodore Statz and her 6-month old daughter Cindy in the yard of their basement apartment at 425 West Wilson Street. They are soon to be evicted becau...
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Mrs. Theodore Statz with Her Baby in Apartment

Date: 09 18 1948
Description: Mrs. Theodore Statz and her 6-month old daughter Cindy in the kitchen of their basement apartment at 425 West Wilson Street. They are soon to be evicted be...
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Dr. Elinor Verville

Date: 01 27 1949
Description: Dr. Elinor Verville, left, staff psychologist serving at several of Madison's well-baby centers, discusses with Mrs. Jake Ament her baby's health and behav...
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Madison Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 04 11 1949
Description: Visiting nurse Esther Sorensen demonstrates to Amy C. Shumway the correct way to bathe her daughter, Carol Louise.
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Stephen & Anne Patterson, National Baby Week

Date: 04 25 1949
Description: Stephen (left) and Anne Patterson, four month old twins, lying in a bassinet in a portrait taken for National Baby Week. Rev. Patterson is the rector of Gr...
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Community Chest (Red Feather) Campaign

Date: 10 17 1949
Description: Three Community Chest fund solicitors observe Helen Guelzow of the Madison Visiting Nurse Service as she weighs 3-month-old Mary Ellen Liddicoat at the Tru...

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