Date: | 1916 |
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Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Simon Overby at home in their parlor with books, family portraits, and an organ with sheet music. Mr. Overby sits in a chair with a cane and a... |
Date: | 09 20 1934 |
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Description: | Howard Miner, disabled World War I veteran, receiving Forget-me-not flower from Florence Palz, ladies auxiliary chairman, marking the opening of the forget... |
Date: | 03 04 1932 |
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Description: | Military veterans receive therapy in hot water tubs, with George Gardner, director of the hydro-therapy department, Wisconsin Memorial Hospital on Farwell ... |
Date: | 03 04 1932 |
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Description: | Handicrafts, including wicker furniture and rugs on display at the sales display room in Wisconsin Memorial Hospital, on Farwell Point, adjoining Mendota M... |
Date: | 03 04 1932 |
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Description: | A military veteran learns rug weaving at Wisconsin Memorial Hospital on Farwell Point, adjoining Mendota Mental Health Hospital as part of his rehabilitati... |
Date: | 10 14 1931 |
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Description: | Mr. Bellam and George O'Connell discuss the "Forget-Me-Not" campaign for Disabled American Veterans. |
Date: | 1897 |
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Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of William Tennant, standing with short pants that reveal his prosthetic legs. He holds a newspaper in his ... |
Date: | 1893 |
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Description: | Male students at the State School for the Deaf practice woodworking in one of the school's shops. |
Date: | |
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Description: | A carte-de-visite of John Schmit, Freddy Hill, Leland Fay and George Schmit, who were frozen on the night of March 10th and 11th, 1876, on the Green Bay an... |
Date: | 12 18 1956 |
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Description: | Robert Jensen typing while sitting in a wheelchair. He was paralyzed by spinal polio after serving in the United States Army in Korea. |
Date: | 03 22 1944 |
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Description: | Charles B. (Chuck) Seals, with pipe, a 25 year-old handicapped shut-in, who is a painter, a sculptor, a student and omnivorous reader, a fisherman, a swimm... |
Date: | 03 14 1945 |
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Description: | Alex Hardie painting a watercolor with the brush held between his teeth. Alex lost portions of both arms in a railroad accident in 1900. |
Date: | 04 22 1948 |
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Description: | Lloyd Harmon, from Belleville, who has been blind from birth, standing at the first concession stand to be erected in the Dane County Court House. The disp... |
Date: | 12 15 1948 |
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Description: | Santa Claus distributing gifts to five youth in wheelchairs at a party at Bashford Methodist Church at 11 N. 7th Street. |
Date: | 12 31 1948 |
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Description: | Men and women seated around a banquet dinner table. Several people are sitting in wheelchairs, and there are crutches leaning against the wall. A group of ... |
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Description: | A man with a bandaged foot sits in a chair holding crutches for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a suit jacket, hat, and tro... |
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Description: | A man stands for a portrait in front of a painted backdrop on crutches. He is wearing a long coat over a vest with a watch fob, and holds a hat in his righ... |
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Description: | A man without arms stands for a portrait in front of a painted backdrop, behind a table that holds a prosthetic arm, a towel and other miscellaneous items. |
Date: | 03 31 1949 |
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Description: | Gilbert Ripp of Waunakee works at a loom at the Wisconsin Homecraft Program, a part of the rehabilitation division of the State Board of Vocational and Adu... |
Date: | 1988 |
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Description: | Brian Willson, Vietnam veteran who lost both legs during a demonstration in 1987, holds up his arm to give the peace sign to audience at a New York peace c... |
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