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Children at Morningside Sanitorium

Date: 06 01 1935
Description: Group portrait of children with tuberculosis and their attendants, and with a man and woman in Salvation Army uniforms, sitting in a classroom at the Morni...
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Handicraft Sales at Wisconsin Memorial Hospital

Date: 03 04 1932
Description: Handicrafts, including wicker furniture and rugs on display at the sales display room in Wisconsin Memorial Hospital, on Farwell Point, adjoining Mendota M...
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Three F Laundry

Date: 06 06 1930
Description: Two women operating the Purity Sun Ray System pressing iron at Three F Steam Laundry, 731 E. Dayton Street.
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General Laboratories Mailing & Filing Room

Date: 07 16 1929
Description: Nine women working in General Laboratories mailing and filing room, located at 124 South Dickinson Street.
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General Laboratories Mailing and Filing Room

Date: 08 16 1929
Description: Women work at various work stations in the General Laboratories mailing and filing room, located at 124 South Dickinson Street.
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American House or Flom Hotel

Date: 1870
Description: The Flom Hotel or American House, 323 East Main Street, at the corner of South Hancock Street. The Vilas House, whose conveyance stands in front, was a riv...
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Ethel Anderson, Linotype Operator

Date: 08 31 1955
Description: Ethel Anderson at the linotype machine in the composing room of Madison Newspapers Incorporated.
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Jeanne DeBarr, Forsberg Box Company Employee

Date: 02 01 1945
Description: Jeanne DeBarr, a blind employee working at Forsberg Box Company, with her dog.
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Patient in Wisconsin General Hospital Hallway

Date: 02 08 1945
Description: Patient being wheeled past laundry baskets and lockers in overcrowded Wisconsin General Hospital basement hallway.
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Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-Vac Picnic

Date: 07 28 1945
Description: Group portrait of RMR employees at a picnic.
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Hospital Room

Date: 1930
Description: Posed view of a patient room in the recently constructed Methodist Hospital, showing a nurse on the telephone near a bed, and a doctor and elderly patient ...
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Nurses' Station

Date: 1930
Description: Posed view of a nurses' station in the recently-constructed Methodist Hospital
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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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First Staff of Oakwood Village Lutheran Home

Date: 10 23 1949
Description: Three of the first staff members of the Oakwood Lutheran Home on Mineral Point Road stand side by side. Left to right: Mrs. A. Staehling, matron; Mrs. O.D....
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Birthday Party for a Madison Businessman

Date: 12 06 1949
Description: A group gathers for a portrait around a table at the Park Hotel during the birthday dinner of Madison businessman Louis Hirsig. Seated at the dinner table ...
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Rennebohms Moving to New Governor's Residence

Date: 12 13 1949
Description: Sixteen employees of the Rennebohm Drug Company carry miscellaneous furnishings from the old executive residence to the new one in Maple Bluff. The "moving...
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Groundbreaking for Madison General Hospital Addition

Date: 07 10 1950
Description: Edward J. B. Schubring (left), president of Madison General hospital association, and City Manager Leonard G. Howell wield the shovels at the groundbreakin...
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Gisholt Employees Donate to Good Neighbor Fund

Date: 09 16 1950
Description: Caroline Genske, an office worker at Gisholt Machine Company, starts the process of check writing for the nearly one hundred percent participation of the c...
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Red Cross Blood Bank Drive

Date: 12 13 1951
Description: Dane County Highway Department employees line up to donate blood during the annual Red Cross blood bank drive. Left to right: James O'Connell, Russell Roed...
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Wisconsin State Student Nurses' Association

Date: 03 19 1952
Description: Shown are six members of the Wisconsin State Student Nurses' association at the University of Wisconsin. From left to right, they are Marilyn Hall, Lexy Ne...

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