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Children at the State School for the Blind

Date: 1893
Description: Students and adults of the State School for the Blind pose for a group portrait in front of the building.
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Guide Dogs and Trainers from International Guiding Eyes, Inc.

Date: 1965
Description: Erich Renner, breeder for International Guiding Eyes putting seeing eye guide dogs through their paces. A blind woman works with one dog while three German...
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Prison Convict Hauls Wood with Ox-Driven Wagon

Date: 03 08 1915
Description: View of a prisoner, who has a wooden leg, hauling "lighter" wood from the pine woods and Turpentine Orchard to camp with an ox-drawn wagon. Original captio...
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Woman Sitting in Chair with Cane

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Description: Woman posing sitting in a chair and holding a cane in the yard of a house, probably Mrs. Hassel Phillips.
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Blind Hitchhiker

Date: 05 16 1950
Description: Leslie Zacharias, a blind hitchhiker, is shown standing with his thumb out. A University of Wisconsin junior, he has hitchhiked an estimated 8,000 miles in...
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Two Ojibwa Men Shaking Hands

Date: 1935
Description: Two Ojibwa men standing outdoors on a blanket while shaking hands. The man on the left is dressed in a suit and wearing a hat while holding a blind walking...
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Union Members Marching

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Description: Members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 880 march across a plaza in protest. Some are carrying signs shaped like giant pennies. Disab...
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Couple Posing in front of House

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Description: View across road towards a man and woman posing standing behind a picket fence in front of a frame house. The man appears to be holding a cane in his left ...
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Woman with Cane and Two Girls — Double Negative

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Description: On left: Woman posed sitting in a chair and holding a cane in the yard of a house, probably Mrs. Hassel Phillips. On right: Studio portrait of two young gi...
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International 3600 Special Needs Bus with Thomas Built Vista Body

Date: 1993
Description: Color photo of a man and a woman assisting a girl on a wheelchair lift for a model 3600 Special Needs bus. The "International" emblem is on the front of th...
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Man Sitting on a Model T

Date: 1914
Description: View of a man, who is apparently blind in one eye, sitting on the running board of a Model T Ford touring automobile outdoors. A young girl is sitting in t...
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Mother and Daughter in the Arboretum

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Description: A mother and her daughter spend a day reading and relaxing in the U.W. Arboretum Longenecker Horticultural Gardens under a flowering tree.
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Joseph L. Julius

Date: 07 15 1962
Description: A man holding a cane is sitting on a felled tree near the stump. Caption reads: "A huge willow tree is among the trees that have been cut down to make way ...
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I.P. Rumsey and Eleanor Holt

Date: 08 09 1913
Description: Grandfather I.P. Rumsey and granddaughter Eleanor Holt are standing together outdoors on the Island at Archibald Lake. I.P. Rumsey is wearing a suit, bow t...

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