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Child Welfare Special Vehicle

Date: 1937
Description: Wisconsin State Board of Health's vehicle the "Child Welfare Special".
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Tuberculosis Awareness Display

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Educational window display promoting awareness about tuberculosis at the Frankfurter Pharmacy.
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Meeting "Happy Tooth"

Date: 04 24 1989
Description: Children meet "Happy Tooth", a robot sponsored by Colgate toothpaste on a 30-state tour to promote dental hygiene to young school children.
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Beach Toss

Date: 08 12 1984
Description: A bikini-clad woman snaps a self-portrait with a long cable release attached to a camera as she is tossed into the air by a group of men on the beach. Othe...
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Polio Shot Time

Date: 11 15 1955
Description: All seven siblings in the Marnell family lining up for their polio inoculations.
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Beating the Bug

Date: 12 13 1968
Description: A firefighter gets a flu shot made available to city workers in the lobby of the municipal building to avoid contracting the Hong Kong flu.
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Preacher Delivers Sermon on Tuberculosis

Date: 04 1924
Description: Preacher Chas V. Reed delivering a sermon on tuberculosis in conjunction with an International Harvester Agricultural Extension Department lecture. Mr. Ree...
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Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1874
Description: Hospital for the Insane.
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Patients at Wisconsin State Tuberculosis Sanitorium

Date: 1908
Description: View of a group of men dressed in winter clothes, under blankets, sitting in an outdoor porch at the Wisconsin State Tuberculosis Sanitorium in Wales. Capt...
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Tuberculosis Ward at River Pines Sanatorium

Date: 1908
Description: Snow-filled porch at the River Pines Tuberculosis Sanitorium.
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Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association Exhibit

Date: 1925
Description: Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association exhibit advertised in the storefront of a building in New London, Wisconsin. Two women are looking through the wind...
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Anti-Tuberculosis Railway Exhibit

Date: 1906
Description: 1904 Exhibit of the Maryland Association for the Prevention and Relief of Tuberculosis, in a railway coach. Photograph taken in Milwaukee.
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Anti-Tuberculosis Traveling Exhibit

Date: 1935
Description: Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association traveling health exhibit. Long bus with Tuberculosis information displayed and a crowd gathered.
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Mobile X-Ray Trailer

Date: 1945
Description: Wisconsin State Board of Health Tuberculosis Survey bus with staff posing in front.
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Mobile X-Ray Trailer

Date: 1945
Description: Wisconsin State Board of Health Tuberculosis Survey bus with staff posing.
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Mobile X-Ray Trailer

Date: 1945
Description: Wisconsin State Board of Health Division of Tuberculosis X-Ray survey bus and trailer.
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Wisconsin Lung Association Display

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Description: Wisconsin Lung Association informational display. Features model of and information on Sunnyview Sanatorium. The Wisconsin Lung Association was previously ...
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Wisconsin Lung Association Display

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Description: Wisconsin Lung Association informational display on tuberculosis. Featuring a model of and information on Sunnyview Sanatorium. The Wisconsin Lung Associat...
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Tuberculosis Bus

Date: 1945
Description: State Board of Health mobile tuberculosis x-ray unit. The ability to bring tuberculosis diagnostic technology to all parts of the state greatly aided the v...
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Public Health Physicians, Nurse, and Four Children

Date: 1926
Description: Four siblings await their physical examination. Three of the children are triplets. In the background are the public health nurse and examining physician.

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