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| Description: | Robert S. Allen, a well-known journalist who lost his arm while serving during World War II, purchases Easter Seals from a handicapped girl. Allen was act... |
| Date: | 10 20 1952 |
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| Description: | Three members of a Girl Scout troop at the Washington Orthopedic school, and their leader and teacher, Miss Erna E. Schweppe, are shown making hats for a H... |
| Date: | 12 04 1952 |
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| Description: | Three Boy Scouts and seven Cub Scouts of the Washington Orthopedic School received awards in the advancement ceremonies held at the school. Tenderfoot rank... |
| Date: | 01 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Brown and their three children. Russell, right, is still fighting the effects of his paralysis from polio; he pins a Mother... |
| Date: | 02 23 1954 |
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| Description: | Dean Morfey, 12-years-old, is a surviving recipient of 15 pints of blood from the Red Cross during surgery. Morfey's leg was amputated after an accident. |
| Date: | 03 15 1954 |
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| Description: | Dean Fiedler sits in a wheel chair while working at a loom. Fiedler wove rag rugs at the Homecrafters' Training Center at the Vocational School. The rugs w... |
| Date: | 11 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Volunteer Kathleen Joachim looks after two unnamed children as they handle clay at a table. "As a philanthropic project, the Madison alumnae group of Kappa... |
| Date: | 10 15 1957 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Janice Stovall, executive director of HEAR (Hearing, Education, and Rehabilitation) practices lip movements in front of a mirror with young client Mic... |
| Date: | 02 13 1959 |
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| Description: | In 1958, Roundy's Fun Fund took in more than $9,600. The money is used to provide fun activities for handicapped children. Members of Roundy's Fun Fund com... |
| Date: | 01 08 1960 |
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| Description: | Roundy's Fun Fund collected $10,362, breaking all records. Members of the Roundy's Fun Fund committee receiving the check from Roundy (Joseph L. Coughlin),... |
| Date: | 08 30 1961 |
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| Description: | Looking at a menu at an open house and party at the Fireside Pancake House, 625 State Street, is Jimmy Jansen, 3. The open house is sponsored by the restau... |
| Date: | 08 30 1961 |
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| Description: | Present at an open house and party at the Fireside Pancake House, 625 State Street is Michael Aberle, 4. He is seated in a wheelchair and looking at waitre... |
| Date: | 08 30 1960 |
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| Description: | Holding a fork and gazing at a plate piled high with pancakes during an open house and party at the Fireside Pancake House, 625 State Street, is Jeffery Du... |
| Date: | 10 1961 |
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| Description: | The Speech and Hearing Rehabilitation Center on the University of Wisconsin Campus is one of 29 United Givers agencies. It serves about 500 people each yea... |
| Date: | 06 24 1964 |
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| Description: | A clown attempts to move a stubborn mule at the 15th annual World's Championship Rodeo at the Holmes No-Oak ranch. |
| Date: | 01 14 1965 |
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| Description: | Bowlers are asked to donate 50 cents to enter the annual March of Dimes bowling competition. Shown left to right, are: Chuck Atkins, Maureen Richman, Lori ... |
| Date: | 06 30 1965 |
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| Description: | A young girl enjoying a ride during "Kids Day" at the East Side Business Men's Association Festival. About 200 children from Wisconsin Treatment Center, Re... |
| Date: | 08 04 1965 |
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| Description: | A clown performing on a bicycle at the Knights of Columbus Funfest at Breese Stevens field. The event is a fund raiser for the benefit of crippled and hand... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Poster depicting four people. The woman is monumental, with a billowing dress and a Red Cross hat. She is holding a boy with a crutch in her left arm. Her ... |
| Date: | 08 07 1957 |
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| Description: | A handicapped child is enjoying the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens Field. Her crutches are laying beside her chair. Her T-shirt ... |
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