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Jefferson Coates

Date: 1870
Description: Francis Jefferson Coates of the 7th Wisconsin who earned the Medal of Honor for bravery at the Battle of Gettysburg. Sergeant Coates was so severely wounde...
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Deaf-mute School, Saint Francis, Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: Exterior view of a school for the deaf and mute.
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Wisconsin Steel Booth at Blind Veterans Show

Date: 1947
Description: A blind(?) man operates a piece of machinery behind a table in a display booth at the "blind veterans show." The booth is labeled "International Harvester'...
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WLA Exhibit Poster: The Medical Inspection of School Children

Date: 1915
Description: Exhibit poster arguing that "the medical inspection of school children . . . means a broader understanding of childhood." In many of the photographs a man ...
Photograph

Michele Morgan, Pierre Blanchar, and Line Noro in La Symphonie Pastorale

Date: 1946
Description: Michele Morgan, as the blind orphan Gertrude, Pierre Blanchar as the pastor, and Line Noro as Amélie in Jean Delannoy's La Symphonie Pastorale (1946...
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German Prisoners Working on the Trans-Siberian Railway

Date: 1917
Description: German prisoners around a train car at a Russian railroad station. One of the men is on crutches. The original caption reads: "German prisoners at work on ...
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Children with Farmall C

Date: 1947
Description: Four boys in wheelchairs pose in front of a McCormick-Deering Farmall C. Another boy sits behind the steering wheel. Other agricultural equipment is arrang...
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Gia Scala Being Measured

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Description: Actress Gia Scala smiles as two men measure her height with a tape measure. Movieland Wax Museum founder and president Allen Parkinson stands next to her a...

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