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| Date: | 11 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Patricia Mathisen (Mrs. George), member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority alumnae group, sponsor of the Nursery School for Slow Learners at the First Congregat... |
| Date: | 11 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Dorcas Nichles (Mrs. Robert J., Jr.), member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority alumnae group who sponsored the Nursery School for Slow Learners at the First Co... |
| Date: | 11 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Virginia Gibson (Mrs. Harley L.) and Jean M. Schilling (Mrs. William H.), members of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority alumnae group which sponsors the Nursery Sc... |
| Date: | 03 11 1955 |
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| Description: | David Lindl, Easter Seal boy, being carried to taxicab by driver, Mr. Coster. |
| Date: | 07 30 1955 |
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| Description: | Three hearing impaired children leaving in a car for "The Retreat," a summer camp near Wautoma, Wisconsin. The trip is sponsored by the Parents Council for... |
| Date: | 02 18 1953 |
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| Description: | Joan Kain, speech therapist, helps Tommy Manning, age 3, who has cerebral palsy, learn to talk by showing him objects on a display board. It is part of hi... |
| Date: | 01 07 1953 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter Kohler sits with 2 1/2 year old Deborah Foster and her mother Ruth Foster, both polio victims. Governor Kohler is proclaiming January as "M... |
| Date: | 03 14 1955 |
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| Description: | David Lindl, who has muscular dystrophy, shown with a physical therapist. David is one of many handicapped persons who is helped by the sale of Easter Seal... |
| Date: | 03 14 1955 |
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| Description: | David Lindl who has muscular dystrophy, shown with his teacher, Patricia Farrell. David is one of many handicapped persons who is helped by the sale of Eas... |
| Date: | 01 28 1950 |
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| Description: | Four-year-old Paul Rosen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. (Agnes) Rosen, 118 Jackson Street, is all smiles at the Junior Chamber of Commerce March of Dimes Whe... |
| Date: | 01 28 1950 |
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| Description: | The winner of the March of Dimes Wheelchair race, in a close contest, is five-year-old Danny Maffet, son of Mr. and Mrs. David (Elizabeth) Maffett, 102 Sou... |
| Date: | 03 21 1950 |
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| Description: | Under the eye of Esther Ruf and her daughter Karen, second from right, four handicapped children in foster care enjoy some games. |
| Date: | 09 27 1950 |
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| Description: | Officers of the Madison unit of the Wisconsin Council for Mentally Retarded Children, seated around a table. Left to right: Mrs. E.K. (Flora) Steul, public... |
| Date: | 02 07 1951 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Ella Zillner, Madison Public Schools teacher of hearing-impaired children, demonstrates learning techniques she uses with two of her students before a... |
| Date: | 03 02 1951 |
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| Description: | Two children with a hearing impairment, each seated in their mother's lap, learn about an instrument designed to help them hear. It will be used in an upco... |
| Date: | 05 23 1951 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Harley Graf and her hard-of-hearing son, Bobby, have lunch with Mrs. George C. (Dorothy) Guild on the lawn of Mrs. S.L. Odegard's residence on Lake Me... |
| Date: | 12 31 1951 |
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| Description: | 20-month-old Beverly Smith standing while wearing braces on her lower legs and holding the finger of her mother, Mrs. Eugene Smith. |
| Date: | 12 31 1951 |
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| Description: | Warren Anderson, age 7, former polio sufferer, is shown sitting in an upholstered chair with his cat, Sam. Warren was saved by his 14-year-old sister, Caro... |
| Date: | 12 31 1951 |
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| Description: | Bruce Chapman, age 12, is shown five years after being stricken with polio and recovering completely. His mother, Ferne Chapman, is sitting at left with th... |
| Date: | 09 02 1952 |
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| Description: | Tommy Torbleau of 425 Memphis Avenue has Perthes disease and has spent the summer in bed. His plea for letters appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal |
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