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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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Ott's Drugstore

Date: 1904
Description: Interior view of Ott's Drugstore which was located at 21 North Pinckney Street.
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Pfeifer's Drugstore

Date: 1888
Description: Exterior view of Charles Pfeifer's Drugstore, founded in 1858. From left to right are Charles Pfeifer, Fred Pfeifer, Mrs. Adam Heeb, Fulda Pfeifer, Mrs. Ch...
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Herreman Drugstore

Date: 1918
Description: Rial Herreman, Sr. and Rial Herreman, Jr. inside the Herreman Drugstore in Boyd, Wisconsin.
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Class at the State School for the Deaf

Date: 1893
Description: Male and female students read and practice math at the State School for the Deaf as a teacher looks on from the head of the class.
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Party Banquet for Gardner Baking Co. Families

Date: 04 11 1928
Description: Group portrait of Gardner Baking Co. families wearing paper party hats sitting at two long banquet tables. There are Purity Bread signs over the tables whi...
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Mineral Spring Pavilion with Visitors

Date: 1875
Description: "Mineral spring pavilion with visitors taking the waters." Seven adults, including a man in a top hat, five children and a woman are posing in a gazebo bui...
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Attic Angels Association Volunteers at Well Child Center

Date: 04 19 1955
Description: Members of Attic Angels Association volunteering at the Well Child Center, Wisconsin Neurological Foundation, 1954 East Washington Avenue. Included are Na...
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Swimming Safety

Date: 05 14 1944
Description: Linda Seed, lifeguard, is removing sand from the eye of John Hilhard with the help of Jackie Klopp, who is handing her an ampule of olive oil to soothe Joh...
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Swimming Safety

Date: 05 14 1944
Description: Lifeguard Georgia Haas is applying artificial respiration to Lewis Noonan at the beach.
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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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Boy Scouts Learning First Aid

Date: 03 26 1945
Description: Group portrait of five Boy Scouts with a troop leader teaching them first aid.
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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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Mrs. Steege and Two Children

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Description: Mrs. Steege, who drove 10 miles through the rain to have her children examined.
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Two Nurses Outside Colby Health Center

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Description: Two nurses stand outside the Colby Health Center, a former dental office. This was the first county health center, in a village of 700 population.
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Winchester Winter

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Description: Two families (mothers and their children), stand in the snow in front of two automobiles outside the Winchester Health Center.
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Brown County Trailer

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Description: Mothers and infant children stand in front of the Brown County Trailer.
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Wisconsin-Illinois Football Game

Date: 10 20 1945
Description: Man in a wheelchair on the sidelines of the Wisconsin-Illinois football game at Camp Randall Stadium. He is possibly Robert Butts, the founder of the annua...
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Convalescent Home for Children

Date: 01 30 1947
Description: Margaret (Mrs. Norman) Vea reads to Ernest Underwood, of Theresa, Lloyd Riley, and Gerald Tilley, Brooklyn, at the Convalescent Home for Children with rheu...
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Convalscent Home for Children

Date: 01 30 1947
Description: Listening to the story and music of the Nutcracker Suite are: Buddy Onash, Ft. Atkinson, Dennis Wenger, Madison, patients at the Convalescent Home for Chil...

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