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James Dunn Contributing to Heart Fund

Date: 02 10 1950
Description: James Dunn, stage and movie star who was appearing in the leading role of "Harvey" at the Parkway Theater, is shown contributing to Madison's heart fund dr...
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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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Dane County Association of Health Councils

Date: 10 19 1950
Description: White House conference panelists post for a portrait at the Dane County Association of Health Councils meeting. They are, from left: Morris Hursh, executi...
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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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Dangers of Poor Eyesight

Date: 07 1927
Description: John Esch, sitting behind the wheel of an automobile, adjusting his eyeglasses while smoking a tobacco pipe. Photograph taken for International Harvester's...
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Theology Students Get Clinical Training

Date: 03 03 1954
Description: Rev. James R. Love (left), chaplain at Mendota State Hospital for the Mentally Ill, sits at a desk beside four ministers receiving twelve weeks of clinical...
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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: 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: 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 Vaccine in Transport

Date: 1955
Description: Polio vaccine being unloaded (?) from a Northwest airplane.
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Secretary Shalala

Date: 1994
Description: Donna Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services and former Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, unveils a bust of Congressman William H...
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Examples of Figures Showing Radiation Pathways

Date: 07 1976
Description: Diagram showing environmental means by which humans can be exposed to radiation from nuclear power plants.
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Foster Parents

Date: 01 29 1957
Description: Dr. Hertha Tarrasch, center, psychiatrist, spoke to the foster parents, telling them about emotional problems of children. Dr. Tarrasch, who is consulting ...
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Foot Health Week

Date: 05 12 1958
Description: The original caption states: "Two Madison chiropodists, Dr. F.J. Jasensky, left, and R.W. Harmon, right, examine some of the equipment and material used in...
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Wilbur J. Cohen and Comprehensive Health Care

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Description: Wilbur J. Cohen, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, discussing a poster board about comprehensive health care with an unidentified man.
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Ray Murphy

Date: 05 05 1961
Description: Portrait of Ray Murphy, alcoholism counselor at Mendota State Hospital.
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Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: Three clergymen visit during the seminar on ministry and mental health at the University YMCA. Left to right are: Rev. George Grotkin of St. Mary's Catholi...
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Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: The men who planned the three-meeting seminar on ministry and mental health gather at the University YMCA in Madison. At left is Walter W. Argow, Madison, ...
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Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: Two Lutheran pastors chat during the seminar on ministry and mental health at the University YMCA in Madison. The Madison pastors are Rev. William J. Rohlw...

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