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Northern Hospital for the Insane Kitchen

Date: 1893
Description: The kitchen in the Northern Hospital for the Insane. Institutional cooking equipment and various supplies are visible.
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Family Service Agency

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Mrs. Margaret Mentzner, a fulltime employee of the Family Service Agency, is shown caring and cooking for two small children whose mother is sick and absen...
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Man in Winnebago County Asylum Kitchen

Date: 1930
Description: A man wearing an apron stands in a large kitchen located at the Winnebago County Asylum. Above him are pots and pans hanging from the ceiling. There is a l...
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Wisconsin Civilian Defense Nurses Enrollment Day

Date: 02 20 1951
Description: Mrs. Myrtle Cadwell, a retired nurse, butters a piece of bread as two of her three children, Kristi and Carlton, look on. As a graduate nurse she could be ...
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Efficient Dishwashing

Date: 01 21 1953
Description: Mrs. Harry Segerstrom, Cuba City, sitting while washing dishes at a sink, demonstrating efficient dish washing methods for people with limited physical abi...
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Judkins Family Baking

Date: 1913
Description: Leonore Judkins, later Mrs. Forest Middleton, center, prepares baked goods with her mother, far left, and sisters, Juanita, Bonnie, and Blanch. Bread and r...
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Easter Seal Boy

Date: 03 14 1955
Description: The family of David Lindl, the 1956 "Easter Seal Boy", eating breakfast. They include, from left: father Frank C. Lindl; Dennis, age 17 months; mother Marg...
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Four Women Share a House

Date: 03 21 1955
Description: Pat Farrell, with a broken right leg, polishes silver while confined to the house she shares with three other young women at 2253 Rugby Row.
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Visiting Nurse Health Aide Program

Date: 05 12 1964
Description: Marie Ackley gives the kitchen of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lund a woman's touch while Mr. Ackley prepares dinner. Mrs. Ackley works as a health aide in a new Vi...
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Mothers With Careers

Date: 02 02 1959
Description: Private duty nurse, Mrs. Clayton R. Felland, sitting at a table at home with her two daughters, Chere and Candy.

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