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Tea Time

Date: 05 08 1934
Description: Maple Bluff Country Club afternoon tea. Left to right: Mrs. John Stephan, Mrs. J.E. O'Connell, and Mrs. Theodore Lewis, President of the women's organizati...
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Attic Angels Association Volunteers at Well Child Center

Date: 04 19 1955
Description: Members of Attic Angels Association volunteering at the Well Child Center, Wisconsin Neurological Foundation, 1954 East Washington Avenue. Included are Na...
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Dentist Examining a Child's Teeth

Date: 05 03 1948
Description: Mrs. Zean (Gladys) Braiger observes a dentist checking the teeth of Ronald Opelt. The mothers of Madison's Parent-Teacher associations promoted a "summer r...
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Christmas Seals

Date: 11 26 1949
Description: Gov. Oscar Rennebohm presenting a check for his contribution to the 1949 Madison Christmas Seal sale to Esther Hermsen of the Madison Tuberculosis Associat...
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Madison Heart Campaign Committee

Date: 01 30 1950
Description: Group portrait of the committee for the 1950 Heart Campaign. Seated left to right: Mrs. James (Anya) Castle, Ladies Committee Chairman; Mrs. Frederick (Vio...
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Optimists Heart Drive

Date: 02 13 1950
Description: The Madison Optimists presented a check for $100 to the Madison Heart Committee for American Heart Week in commemoration of Optimist members who have died ...
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YWCA Activities, Physical Exam for YWCA Residents

Date: 09 12 1950
Description: Dr. Margaret Prouty, 26 Breese Terrace, takes the blood pressure of Patsy Dorow, formerly of Reedsburg, who resides at the YWCA. Seated at the left is Mrs....
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YWCA Activities, Health Education Department Program Director

Date: 09 12 1950
Description: Portrait of Marion Rewey, Health Education Department Program Director of the YWCA.
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Dane County Association of Health Councils

Date: 10 19 1950
Description: Mrs. Arthur Lillie, McFarland, third from the left, was elected new president of the Dane County Association of Health Councils and chairman of the diabeti...
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March of Dimes Charity Ball

Date: 01 10 1952
Description: Portrait of four men, one of whom is probably Mayor George Forster, from the March of Dimes campaign. They seem to be giving the Mayor a ticket to the Char...
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Summer Round-Up

Date: 04 05 1954
Description: Miss Evelyn C. Nelson (left), supervisor of nurses for the Department of Public Health, and Mrs. Frank J. (Lois) Woerdehoff, city Round-Up chairman, make p...
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Members of the Auxiliary to the Wisconsin Chiropractic Association

Date: 10 06 1954
Description: Members of the Auxiliary to the Wisconsin State Chiropractic Association met to make arrangements for the state convention. Left to right are Mrs. L. R. St...
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University of Wisconsin Grant for Heart Disease Research

Date: 10 29 1954
Description: University of Wisconsin President E.B. Fred receives a check from Dr. Robin Allin of the Wisconsin Heart Association. Looking on is John Wrage, chairman of...
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Christmas Seal Sale to Fight Against Tuberculosis

Date: 11 11 1954
Description: Six representatives from Madison clubs assist in the annual Christmas seal sale to aid in the fight against tuberculosis. Left to right, in the front row a...
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Christmas Seal Sale to Fight Against Tuberculosis

Date: 11 11 1954
Description: Stanley F. Tucker, chairman of the annual Christmas seal sale to fight tuberculosis, diplays samples of the wishing wells made by volunteer workers at Lake...
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Polio Survivors Value March of Dimes

Date: 12 28 1954
Description: Mrs. William J. (Salome) Fix, caretaker of premature babies at St. Mary's Hospital, holds one of her tiny patients. She was diagnosed with polio in 1949.
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Polio Survivors Value March of Dimes

Date: 12 28 1954
Description: Jack W. Thomas, a service manager at Ray-O-Vac International, was diagnosed with polio in 1952 while in the Belgian Congo.
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Polio Survivors Value March of Dimes

Date: 12 28 1954
Description: Mrs. Arnold (Elizabeth) Griswold sitting in a wheelchair beside her family. She was diagnosed with polio in 1949.
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Polio Survivors Value March of Dimes

Date: 12 27 1954
Description: Mrs. Judith Lokken, a grandmother of three, was diagnosed with polio in August 1954 but is now virtually recovered.
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Madison Council of Parents and Teachers School of Instruction

Date: 09 19 1956
Description: A health workshop was held in conjunction with the annual school of instruction sponsored by the Madison Council of Parents and Teachers. Watching movies a...

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