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May Day Ceremony Held at St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing

Date: 05 01 1957
Description: Veronica Goebel (of Racine) is carrying the crown of May flowers to place on the head of a Virgin Mary statue. Maids of Honor in dresses holding posies are...
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81st Birthday party for "Auntie" Benson

Date: 07 03 1957
Description: Madison General Hospital nurses singing "Happy Birthday" to Gunda Benson, who is seated in her wheelchair and surrounded by the group.
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Birthday Party for a 102-Year old

Date: 07 13 1957
Description: Nellie MacBurney, who was feted for her 102nd birthday with a party at Attic Angel Nursing Home on 102 East Gorham street. The party was attended by her da...
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Red Cross Gray Ladies Volunteer at the Wisconsin Diagnostic Center

Date: 03 04 1958
Description: Red Cross Gray Lady Mrs. Robert A. Judd (1115 Edgehill Drive) playing ping-pong with two teenage boy patients at the Wisconsin Diagnostic Center at 1552 Un...
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Red Cross Gray Ladies Volunteer at the Wisconsin Diagnositc Center

Date: 03 04 1958
Description: Red Cross Gray Lady Miss Ida Gangstad (right, 407 N. Henry Street), who taught library methods at the University of Wisconsin Extension Division from 1930 ...
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Red Cross Gray Ladies Volunteer at the Wisconsin Diagnostic Center

Date: 03 04 1958
Description: Red Cross Gray Ladies Mrs. Irving J. Maurer (left, 30 Fuller Drive) and Mrs. Ralph Penniall (right, 37-B University Houses) give advice and assistance to t...
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Red Cross Gray Ladies Volunteer at the Wisconsin Diagnositc Center

Date: 03 04 1958
Description: Discussing volunteer recruitment and assignments at the Wisconsin Diagnostic Center at 1552 University Avenue are Mrs. J.O. Wilson (left, Verona), a co-ord...
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Easter Baskets for Child Tuberculosis Patients

Date: 04 05 1958
Description: Three members of the Alpha Xi chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority delivered Easter baskets to the young tuberculosis patients at the Morningside sanato...
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New X-ray Unit for Cancer Treatment

Date: 09 18 1958
Description: A Madison General Hospital employee demonstrates the "Maxitron 300" new powerful X-ray cancer treatment unit.
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Mrs. Anna McFarlane with Nurses on the Newly Remodeled 4th Floor of the Lake View Sanatorium

Date: 10 01 1958
Description: Mrs. Anna McFarlane is surrounded by nurses in her bed on the newly remodeled 4th floor of the Lake View Sanatorium. Mrs. McFarlane is surrounded by attend...
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Careers in Mental Health

Date: 04 26 1959
Description: Mrs. John Mannering, social worker at the Wisconsin Diagnostic center is shown listening to two teen-aged girls recently admitted to the center.

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