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Oxygen Delivery

Date: 11 04 1940
Description: James Robinson and E. Newton of the Professional Pharmacy prepare to load a Linde oxygen tank for home delivery.
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Nurse Bandaging Worker's Arm

Date: 10 12 1914
Description: View of a nurse applying a bandage to the arm of a worker at an International Harvester factory (possibly Osborne Works in Auburn, NY).
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Mrs. Lawrence J. McCormick, Christmas Seal Chairman

Date: 11 08 1955
Description: Mrs. Lawrence J. McCormick, former patient at Lake View Sanatorium, looking at her chest x-ray with Dr. John K. Shumate. Mrs. McCormick was chairman of the...
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"First Aid Rooms" Factory Safety Poster

Date: 1916
Description: A poster or signboard showing six first aid rooms at six different International Harvester factory and office locations: Champion Works, Akron Works Dispen...
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Medical Students Playing with Equipment

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Description: Three men horse-play with a skeleton and medical equipment. From right to left, Roy Van Schaick, Price Arnold, and Clyde Harmer. Reportedly, the name of th...
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Ambulance Corps Van

Date: 1941
Description: Men and women standing with an International Metro used by Czechoslovakian Relief. An airplane is in the background. All four people are wearing coats and ...
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Veterans Presentation

Date: 02 15 1951
Description: The Dane County 40 and 8 Chapter Number 684 World War I veterans group presents its annual contributions to four county child welfare programs. Left to rig...
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Date: 12 09 1951
Description: City Attorney Harold E. Hanson has his blood pressure taken by Mary Clancy, Red Cross blood center staff nurse.
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Boy Scouts Klondike Derby

Date: 01 13 1952
Description: Dr. David Williams, center left, looks over first aid equipment prior to the Boy Scouts Klondike Derby at Glenway Golf Course. In the background are other ...
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Red Cross Peacetime Activities

Date: 02 26 1952
Description: The work of the Red Cross in peacetime is less well publicized than its services during wartime. Their blood bank program is considered one of the most out...
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Group with Czechloslovak Relief Ambulance

Date: 1941
Description: A group of two men and two women stand near an International D-15-M (Metro) truck sold to Czechoslovakian Relief for service with the Czechoslovakian Army ...
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Czechoslovak Relief Committee

Date: 1941
Description: A group of men from the Chicago Czechoslovak Relief Committee are standing against an International D-15-M (Metro) truck sold to Czechoslovakian Relief for...
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Hostesses and Lieutenant in International Ambulance

Date: 1941
Description: Two TWA hostesses, Ruth Ellison and Eula Walker, are sitting inside an International D-15-M (Metro) truck sold to Czechoslovakian Relief for service with t...
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Czechoslovak Relief Committee

Date: 1941
Description: A group of men from the Chicago Czechoslovak Relief Committee are standing against an International D-15-M (Metro) truck sold to Czechoslovakian Relief for...
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Portrait of William Tennant

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Description: Studio portrait of William Tennant standing and wearing a suit and hat in front of a painted backdrop. He was a newspaper and magazine agent in Black River...
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Pre-School Physical Exam

Date: 04 13 1953
Description: Cynthia Strassman, who will enter kindergarten next fall, is examined by pediatrician Dr. Richard B. Anderson as part of the Summer Round-Up program. The p...
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Red Crescent Man Pulling Tooth

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) worker pulling a tooth from a National Liberation Front member's mouth. In front of him is a collection of ...
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Red Crescent Worker

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) worker poses for a photograph while gathering supplies for tending to wounds. He wears a Red Crescent arm b...
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Helicopter Evacuation of Wounded

Date: 1962
Description: U.S. helicopter evacuation of wounded Vietnamese fighter to hospital including treatment by U.S. service medics and corpsmen. A man with a bandaged head i...
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Transport of an Iron Lung

Date: 1950
Description: Men moving an iron lung. The machine has the logo for the March of Dimes imprinted on it. Iron Lungs were commonly used for the treatment of polio.

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