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Tomac Plasma Bank

Date: 1944
Description: A woman stands next to a "Tomac Plasma Bank," a refrigerated cabinet designed to store blood plasma. The original caption reads: "Tomac Plasma Bank, engine...
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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1867
Description: E.T. Mix designed the original building of the National Soldiers Home in 1867. At the time the structure was dedicated on 28 September 1867, the wings had ...
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Child Posing for Christmas Seal

Date: 11 15 1948
Description: "Chuckie," a 3-year-old who has spent most of the past year as a patient at the Morningside Tuberculosis Sanatorium near Madison. He closely resembles the ...
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Clinic Entrance

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Description: Exterior of small, one-story building with front walk leading to entrance with low steps.
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Madison General Hospital

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior view of the original Madison General Hospital with the new wing, added in 1912(all demolished). Madison General Hospital merged with Methodist Hos...
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Hospital Room at P&H Plant

Date: 1910
Description: The first aid room and treatment area of one of the Pawling & Harnischfeger plants, stocked with medication and bandages. The room was centrally located in...
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Tuberculosis Patient

Date: 11 15 1949
Description: Doris Trameri of 568 Park Lane, previously diagnosed with tuberculosis, posing in her former room at Lake View Sanatorium while knitting argyle socks. She ...
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Madison Heart Fund Drive

Date: 01 24 1950
Description: Three women who will take part in the Madison Heart Fund Drive visit with Dennis Swanson of Shopiere who is a patient at the Rheumatic Fever Convalescent H...
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Mendota Mental Health Institute

Date: 06 28 1962
Description: Interior view of a historically-restored hallway in the Mendota Mental Health Institute (Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane).
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The Koch Lung Cure

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Description: View from across street of the Koch Lung Cure building. There is a group of men, women and children on the front porch.
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First Aid Reception Room at Quad Cities Tank Arsenal

Date: 1942
Description: Interior view of chairs and a desk in the First Aid Reception Room at International Harvester's Quad Cities Tank Arsenal.
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Trudeau Monument

Date: 1918
Description: A statue of Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau, a tuberculosis specialist, on the grounds of the Trudeau Sanitorium Historic District. Installed in 1918, the br...
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Registration at the Health Center

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Description: Mothers with babies register at the Health Center. In the background chairs line the walls, and above them are posters on health.
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Waiting for Examination

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Description: Mothers sit with their babies in their arms as they wait for nurses to examine the infants. Infant clothing is hanging on a clothesline strung along the ba...
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Examination of a Baby

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Description: Parents watch as their baby is given a physical examination by a woman at the Health Center.
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Registering at the Health Center

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Description: Women, who are accompanied by their children, register at the Health Center. On the walls are displayed posters on health and food.
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Health Class

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Description: View from behind of group of woman and children sitting in chairs and listening as an instructor points to a chart on the wall. The instructor is teaching ...
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Clothing Demonstration

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Description: A nurse demonstrates several articles of clothing to mothers at the Health Center.
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Physical Examination of Young Girl

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Description: A nurse or doctor at the Health Center gives a girl a physical examination as the mother, who is holding a baby, looks on.
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Physical Examination

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Description: A nurse or doctor gives an infant a physical examination at the Health Center as the baby's mother looks on.

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