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| Date: | 04 11 1965 |
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| Description: | A hospital patient plays a scrabble game with an occupational therapist. |
| Date: | 05 19 1887 |
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| Description: | View out of entrance to the National Soldiers Home. Fountain and trees framed by arch with hanging lamp. |
| Date: | 04 17 1957 |
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| Description: | An elderly woman, Josephine Fell, is the "adopted grandmother" to a Girl Scout that visits her and works with her on a puzzle at Rosemary's Nursing Home in... |
| Date: | 10 17 1968 |
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| Description: | An elderly man and woman make new cane seats for chairs at the Cedar Lake Home for the Aged. |
| Date: | 10 23 1949 |
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| Description: | Three of the first staff members of the Oakwood Lutheran Home on Mineral Point Road stand side by side. Left to right: Mrs. A. Staehling, matron; Mrs. O.D.... |
| Date: | 02 13 1951 |
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| Description: | Henry Naumann and Mrs. Julia Bennett pose for a portrait while wearing costumes at the Older Adult Klub masquerade ball. The event was held at the Madison ... |
| Date: | 02 05 1952 |
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| Description: | Nellie Lee MacBurney, 96 years old, shows a small china house to Betty Maresh, registered nurse, who works for the Visiting Nurse Service. |
| Date: | 03 06 2009 |
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| Description: | "At Hope Rehab Center they gave us a nice room where we could meet with former Theresa residents. Clockwise they are (residents marked with an *) *Rogeen F... |
| Date: | 01 1979 |
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| Description: | Congressman David Obey (right) enjoys lunch at a senior center in his northern Wisconsin congressional district. |
| Date: | 01 1979 |
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| Description: | Lunchtime at a senior center in central Wisconsin. Congressman David R. Obey can be seen talking in the background. Although the location has not been iden... |
| Date: | 07 29 1995 |
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| Description: | At a celebration for the 30th anniversary of Medicare, Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey and guests blow out the candles on a cake. |
| Date: | 09 1995 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin, a strong supporter of seniors, helps to deliver meals on wheels to a home-bound resident of his district. |
| Date: | 05 26 1956 |
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| Description: | Discussing plans for the First Governor's Conference on an Aging Population are Governor Walter Kohler; Minnetta Hastings, chairman of the committee on the... |
| Date: | 05 28 1956 |
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| Description: | The First University Methodist Church has a friendly visitor plan where volunteers visit shut-ins of the church regularly. Leisure time activities are one ... |
| Date: | 05 28 1956 |
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| Description: | Recreation for older adults is one of the topics at the First Governor's Conference on an Aging Population. Gus Torgeson, guitarist; Henry Breneman, violin... |
| Date: | 04 1997 |
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| Description: | Kay Widmer-Hren and her daughter Carly entertain Mrs. Edna Knueppel, age 95, at the Fond du Lac Lutheran Home. |
| Date: | 04 1997 |
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| Description: | Carly Hren pushes Edna Knueppal at the Lutheran Home. |
| Date: | 11 05 1969 |
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| Description: | Formal portrait of Nelson Cruickshank. In 1969, he became President of the AFL-CIO National Council of Senior Citizens, which began as a coalition Nelson C... |
| Date: | 10 1961 |
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| Description: | Atwood Community Center is one of Madison's three Neighborhood Centers which receives support from the United Givers. Here one of the participants is playi... |
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