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| 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: | 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 01 1957 |
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| Description: | A volunteer discussing seed catalogs with two nursing home residents as they are sitting outside on lawn chairs. They are at Monona Drive Rest Home at 4202... |
| Date: | 05 01 1957 |
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| Description: | Altrusa Club member Emma Rice, in a dress and on her knees, planting a flower garden at Agehaven Nursing Home on Bridge Road, as residents Louise Cook and ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View across dirt road of the asylum and grounds. A large three-story building is spread out over several acres. Stairs are leading up to entrances on the s... |
| Date: | 12 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Members of the Sherman Avenue Methodist Church junior choir sing Christmas songs for Oakwood Lutheran Home residents. Shown seated at a table are Almira an... |
| Date: | 12 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Mary Anderson and Ted Cox, members of the Sherman Avenue Methodist Church youth choir, sing Christmas carols at a party for residents of Oakwood Lutheran H... |
| Date: | 12 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Elizabeth Damres (left), home matron, and Helen Antoine, Mendota Garden Club member, pass out gifts during a Christmas party for residents of the Oakwood L... |
| Date: | 12 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Vivian Schleck (left), member of the Mendota Garden Club, lights a candle, and Mrs. Alvin Sonnenberg, member of the Little Garden Clubs, serves cookies du... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Jackson County Home. Flags are hanging from the front porch, which has a balcony above. Men are sitting on the side landing on the lef... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | View of an orphanage with a tower. In existence between 1877 and 1980. Caption reads: "St. Joseph's Orphans' Home, Green Bay, Wis." |
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| Description: | Aerial view of an orphanage and grounds near the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "St. Michael's Orphanage — La Crosse, Wis." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the orphan asylum. There are a number of crosses on the roof. Caption reads: "Orphan Asylum, Manitowoc, Wis." |
| Date: | 04 26 1959 |
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| 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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