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Examination of a Baby

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Description: Parents watch as their baby is given a physical examination by a woman at the Health Center.
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Registering at the Health Center

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Description: Women, who are accompanied by their children, register at the Health Center. On the walls are displayed posters on health and food.
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Health Class

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Description: A nurse points to charts while teaching maternal and infant health to a small class of mothers who have children on their laps.
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Physical Examination of Young Girl

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Description: A nurse or doctor at the Health Center gives a girl a physical examination as the mother, who is holding a baby, looks on.
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Physical Examination

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Description: A nurse or doctor gives an infant a physical examination at the Health Center as the baby's mother looks on.
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Baby with Nurse and Mother

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Description: A nurse undresses a baby in preparation for a physical examination as the fashionably-dressed mother looks on.
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Nurse with Native American Girl

Date: 10 1936
Description: A nurse poses outdoors holding a Native American girl at the Lac du Flambeau Indian reservation.
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Three Generations of Native Americans

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Description: Two women and an infant represent three generations of an Indian family. They are posing at the steps of the Health Center, where they are to attend Mother...
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Class for Mothers

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Description: A health care worker is instructing two mothers how to select shoes and stockings for their children. On the wall is a poster on clothing and shoes.
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Volunteers at Red Cross Regional Blood Center

Date: 06 14 1951
Description: Volunteer nurses Mrs. J.W. Brown and Mrs. R.H. Olsen work at the year-old Red Cross Regional Blood Center in Madison.
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1951-52 United Givers' Fund Drive

Date: 10 16 1951
Description: Representing the Visiting Nurses Service is Mrs. Anna Forbis, 6112 Wingra Street. More than nine hundred volunteer workers are involved in a house-to-house...
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Tuberculosis Survivor Repairs Typewriters

Date: 11 12 1951
Description: Robert Lawrence works as an apprentice mechanic at Royal Typewriter Company after his recovery from tuberculosis.
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Tuberculosis Patients

Date: 10 12 1951
Description: Isa Shower, a tuberculosis patient at Lake View Sanatorium, reads while lying in bed.
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Tuberculosis Patient

Date: 11 12 1951
Description: Jack Wick listening to a radio at his home after recovering from tuberculosis.
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Spraying Elms with DDT

Date: 1967
Description: Worker spraying Elm trees with DDT pumped from a tank hitched to the back of a vehicle equipped with a snow plow.
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Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 02 05 1952
Description: Nellie Lee MacBurney, 96 years old, shows a small china house to Betty Maresh, registered nurse, who works for the Visiting Nurse Service.
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William Frost Testimonial Dinner

Date: 02 29 1952
Description: Group portrait of seven people at the head table during a testimonial dinner honoring Dr. William D. Frost, retired president of Morningside Tuberculosis S...
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Children with International Truck

Date: 1965
Description: A group of children gathers around an International truck modified for use by a public health organization while a woman in a nurse's outfit stands inside....
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Donations for Sufferers of Yellow Fever

Date: 09 28 1878
Description: An illustration depicting well-dressed ferry passengers depositing money in the yellow fever box at Fulton Ferry. A sign reads: "Contributions recieved (
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Medical Auxiliary Aids Nurses' Project

Date: 08 11 1952
Description: "Assisting in the compiling of reference notebooks for prospective nurses are the four wives of doctors pictured above. From left to right, they are Mrs. O...

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