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Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: Three pastors attend the seminar on ministry and mental health at the University YMCA in Madison. Pictured are Rev. Edwin Erbe, St. John's Catholic Church,...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Milwaukee : Showing Completed Sewers, Water Pipes Thus Far Laid, the Altitude of Different Regions of the City and the Location of Every Case of Small Pox, Diptheria [i.e. Diphtheria] & Scarlet Fever

Date: 1879
Description: This map shows asylums, cemeteries, hospitals, parks, streets, and wards. Relief is shown by contours. Also included are manuscript annotations in pencil. ...
Photograph

Strontium 90 Concerns from Atomic Bomb Tests

Date: 12 21 1961
Description: Portrait of Heinz Lettau, a professor quoted in an article about Strontium 90 health concerns resulting from recent Russian atomic bomb tests. Included in ...
Photograph

"Tranquilizers Restore Lives"

Date: 12 11 1964
Description: In the foreground, a woman's arms, with a bracelet and wristwatch. In one hand she is holding a large bottle of pills, and is pouring the pills into the ot...
Photograph

Mental Health Fund Raising

Date: 06 02 1965
Description: Susan Butler presenting a check for $760 to Atty. William Chatterton, president of the Dane County Assn. for Mental Health. The gift has been designated fo...
Photograph

Winner in Health Contest

Date: 05 1928
Description: Portrait of young man, wearing a suit and tie, standing in front of a mirror on the wall looking at his reflection.
Poster

Drink Milk

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Description: Red, white and blue poster with an illustration of a milk bottle, and text that reads: "Drink Milk, Refreshing and Full of Health."
Manuscript

DDT in Fish Warning

Date: 1970
Description: Informational sheet warning of the dangers of consuming fish contaminated with DDT.
Photograph

Children at U.W. Nursery School

Date: 02 23 1954
Description: Charlie Thronson "tells his troubles" to student teacher, Evelyn Nelson. She is cradling him while he is standing.
Photograph

Taking Precautions Against Cholera and Dysentery

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Description: Taking precautions against cholera and dysentery on Galicia. Barracks buildings are being surrounded with trenches filled with lime.
Photograph

Taking Precautions Against Cholera and Dysentery

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Description: Taking precautions against cholera and dysentery on Galicia. Litters that may only be used for dysentery patients.
Photograph

Taking Precautions Against Cholera and Dysentery

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Description: Taking precautions against cholera and dysentery on Galicia. Isolation barracks for cholera patients.
Photograph

Taking Precautions Against Cholera and Dysentery

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Description: Taking precautions against cholera and dysentery on Galicia. Isolation barracks for cholera patients.
Photograph

Distilled Water for Soldiers

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Description: Taking precautions against cholera and dysentery on Galicia. Distilled water for soldiers. The guard is ensuring that the water is not contaminated.
Photograph

West High School Football Physicals

Date: 08 1955
Description: Madison West High School football player, Dave Koepcke (seated), is getting his blood pressure checked by Dr. William Walter, who is using a stethoscope du...
Photograph

East High School Football Medical Examinations

Date: 08 25 1955
Description: Dr. Donald Simley examines the teeth and tongue of Jon Rockstad as three other returning lettermen look on. In the back row are John Davidson, John Hill an...
Photograph

YWCA Summer Activities Directors

Date: 06 1955
Description: Two women posing on a dock on Lake Mendota. They are Ruth La Duke (left), acting director of the YWCA's health education department, and Ruth Edie, who was...
Photograph

Photo Enactors from the Dane County Association for Mental Health

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: In a staged elementary school classroom scene, a teacher notices an inattentive boy. The four actors are: Geoffrey Rotwein, Faye Daley ("teacher"), Marion...
Photograph

Photo Enactors from the Dane County Association for Mental Health

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: A mother and her four children enact a mental health situation revolving around stress in motherhood, raising a family, and sharing living space. The capti...
Photograph

Photo Enactors from the Dane County Association for Mental Health

Date: 04 17 1957
Description: Staged visit to a divorce attorney in his office by a married couple. The husband is acted by Francis Fay, and posing as the wife, Miriam Leifer, vice-pres...

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