Date: | 02 22 1950 |
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Description: | Exterior side view of Dane Co. Home For The Aged, showing porches and a dangerous fire escape. The newspaper headline calls the building a "fire trap." |
Date: | 02 23 1950 |
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Description: | Metal fire escape at rear of the Dane County Home For The Aged. Newspaper calls building a "fire trap." |
Date: | 02 22 1950 |
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Description: | Three rows of beds on the third floor of the Dane County Home For The Aged. The room had only one exit leading to a wooden porch and a wooden fire escape. ... |
Date: | 09 27 1950 |
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Description: | View of the newly-equipped preschool room at the Neighborhood House, 768 West Washington Avenue. |
Date: | 09 27 1950 |
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Description: | Staff members of the Neighborhood House, 768 West Washington Avenue, pose around a table for a group portrait. Seated, left to right: Louise Schleicher, as... |
Date: | 10 08 1950 |
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Description: | Sydney S. Miller, manager of the Madison Social Security Office, shares a 1950 government-issued booklet explaining a program to employers of household wor... |
Date: | 12 12 1950 |
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Description: | Mrs. Leslie (Luella) Morris and Allen Zoeller check for children's names in the "Holiday Exchange," a filing system which serves as a clearing house for th... |
Date: | 05 23 1951 |
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Description: | Elevated view of women of the Nakoma Welfare League gathered in the yard of the home of Mrs. E.J. (Hazel) Kallevang, 4130 Iroquois Drive, for the annual sp... |
Date: | 03 20 1954 |
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Description: | Front view of the Dane County Home (also known as the "poor house" or "poor farm") is pictured as it is being torn down. It was built in 1855 and located o... |
Date: | 05 28 1956 |
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Description: | Transportation is often a problem for the older population. The Council of Jewish Women has arranged a transportation group to take older Jewish persons to... |
Date: | 05 28 1956 |
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Description: | The First University Methodist Church has a friendly visitor plan where volunteers visit shut-ins of the church regularly. Leisure time activities are one ... |
Date: | 01 29 1957 |
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Description: | Portrait of Dorothy Waite, Assistant Director of Wisconsin Division for Children & Youth, Department of Public Welfare. |
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Description: | Photograph of Eydie V. Watts, member of the Milwaukee City Civil Service Commssion. Ms. Watts sits at her desk in an office. She is wearing a dress or blou... |
Date: | 06 02 1939 |
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Description: | Arthur J. Altmeyer was awarded an honorary LL.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin. Men who received degrees from the University of Wisconsin are, ... |
Date: | 1968 |
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Description: | Robert Ball and Wilbur Cohen stand at the lectern during a celebration of the anniversary of Social Security. Robert Ball was Commissioner of Social Securi... |
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