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A Star Is Born

Date: 05 18 1937
Description: Evelyn Canfield, in Madison General Hospital bed, looks to her newborn baby, David, who won the Orpheum Theatre's fourth anniversary "A Star Is Born" conte...
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Mendota State Hospital Employees Honored

Date: 12 11 1958
Description: Shown in center is Gustave Pasicka, who is being honored as he retires from serving as a hospital aid at Mendota State Hospital. With him, at left, are: Ja...
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Celebrating National Hospital Week

Date: 05 09 1960
Description: Richard Vevle, assistant superintendent at University Hospitals, presents awards, left to right, to: Marie McAsey, with 30 years of service at the hospital...
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Celebrating National Hospital Week

Date: 05 09 1960
Description: Roland Olson, who has worked at University Hospitals for 60 years, chats with Helen Crahen, second from left, and Ida Spiker, right, both of whom have work...
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Mendota Hospital Centennial Event

Date: 07 16 1960
Description: Present day hospital administrators consider the centennial pageant of the history of Mendota State Hospital a success. They are, left to right: Dr. Walter...
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Methodist Hospital Alumni Association Banquet

Date: 08 26 1961
Description: Newly elected president of the Methodist Hospital Alumni Association Joyce Alford, left, and out-going president Constance Ten Eyck, posing with Methodist ...
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Madison General Hospital Disaster Training Drill

Date: 10 16 1965
Description: During a practice disaster drill, a nurse and a man are seen with a "casualty" on a stretcher at the Madison General Hospital emergency room. In this drill...
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Theater Garden Converted into a Hospital

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Description: The theater in the pleasure gardens in Skiernewize (Skierniewice), now converted for use as a hospital.
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National Hospital Week

Date: 05 08 1958
Description: Madison mayor Ivan Nestingen visiting a patient at Madison General hospital after proclaiming the week as National Hospital Week. The nurse on the left is ...
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Graduation Ceremonies Tea for Madison General Hospital Nurses

Date: 08 14 1958
Description: Visiting with Rabbi Manfred Swarsensky at the graduation ceremonies tea for Madison General Hospital nurses are Patricia Hughes, Ann Neilson, and Edna Benn...
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New Baby for the Richard Welch Family

Date: 05 05 1959
Description: Mr. & Mrs. (Alice) Richard Welch, 4410 Boulder Terrace, leave St. Mary's Hospital with their new baby girl, Andrea, escorted by student nurse Miss Nancy Mc...

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