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"The Founding of the United States Pharmacopeia" Painting

Date: 1957
Description: Photograph of a completed painting by artist Robert Thom titled: "The Founding of the United States Pharmacopeia". The painting depicts a scene from the fi...
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"McCormick Day"

Date: 1916
Description: Farmers in the street of a rural town with their International Harvester horse-drawn mowers and binders on "McCormick Day." The event was organized by the ...
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Veterans Administration Hospital Dedication

Date: 09 16 1951
Description: Dr. Morris Thomas, left, manager of the new Veterans Administration Hospital in Madison, greets Major General Carl R. Gray, Jr., administrator of veterans ...
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Miss Ida Collings

Date: 11 29 1951
Description: Miss Ida Collings, second from the left, is honored for her twenty-five years as superintendant of nurses at Madison General Hospital at a reception given ...
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Dedication of the New Cancer Research Hospital

Date: 01 23 1952
Description: Group portrait of officials who took part in the dedication program for the new University of Wisconsin cancer research hospital. Left to right are Former ...
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Baseball Stars Tour Veterans Hospital

Date: 01 28 1954
Description: University of Wisconsin sports alumni and professional baseball players "Red" Wilson and Harvey Kuenn take a tour through the Veterans Hospital, talking an...
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Bell Dedication

Date: 08 1995
Description: "At the Theresa Historical Society grounds, Les Beck and John Bodden dedicate an 800-lb. bell that called children to school for 65 years at the Theresa Pu...
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St. Mary's Graduate Nurses

Date: 08 03 1958
Description: Group portrait of the 1958 graduating class of nurses from St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing. They are wearing white uniforms and caps with a black str...
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Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department Banquet

Date: 02 13 1958
Description: Commissioner Melvin Larson presents honorary certificates for service to Catherine Griffith (five years) and Malitta Siebel (21 years).
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Dr. Lester McGary; Pathologist Honored

Date: 08 29 1959
Description: Portrait of seven women, all former students of pathologist Dr. Lester McGary. They are, left to right: Cleo Kreamer, Jane Worley, Evelyn Welch, Marion Smi...
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Dr. Lester McGary; Pathologist Honored

Date: 08 29 1959
Description: About 70 persons attend a dinner held in the Cuba Club honoring Dr. Lester McGary, a pathologist and a Madison General hospital staff member since 1923. In...
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Dr. Lester McGary; Pathologist Honored

Date: 08 29 1959
Description: Dr. Lester McGary (shown second from right), pathologist emeritus at Madison General hospital, is honored for his 36 years of service starting in 1923. Sho...
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University Hospital Employees Recognition

Date: 09 18 1959
Description: Lloyd Hughes, hospital superintendent, and Alma C. Olson of Belleville attend a recognition ceremony for non-academic employees of University Hospital who ...
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University Hospital Employee Recognition

Date: 09 18 1959
Description: Vern and Donna Schultz (left) and Vincent and Helma Norris attend a recognition ceremony for non-academic employes of University Hospital who have worked m...
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Gifts For Neurological Patients

Date: 09 29 1960
Description: Pauline Dubner, a patient at the Wisconsin Neurological Foundation, poses in her hospital bed next to a new record player in a case. Behind her stand the f...
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D.A.V. Presents Flag to Mt. Zion Church

Date: 05 21 1961
Description: The Madison chapter of the Disabled American Veterans presents a 50-star flag in honor of John Parrish, center, a member of the newly built Mt. Zion Church...
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Lewis Arms Playing Piano

Date: 12 31 1967
Description: Lewis Arms playing piano at home on New Years Eve. He has a cast on his left arm.
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First Baby of the Year

Date: 01 01 1958
Description: Newborn baby boy with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dohm. He was born at 12:07 a.m., the first baby born in Madison in 1958.
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Parade Float

Date: 10 20 1915
Description: View of a group of mostly women riding on a horse-drawn parade float. The letters "OW" and "WC" are written with flowers on the horse blankets. Several wom...

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