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| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | The laundry machinery at the Pythian Orphans' Home with irons sitting on ironing boards. Caption reads: "Laundry." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Interior of the infirmary barracks at the National Military Home. Men sit in chairs next to rows of beds on both sides of the room. Construction of the Nat... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Interior of the main hall at the Ohio State Sanatorium, which opened in 1909. The view of the main hall includes a long entryway, a seating area, and stair... |
| Date: | 02 24 1953 |
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| Description: | A resident of the Oakwood Lutheran Nursing Home is given a permanent by an apprentice in the Madison Vocational and Adult School cosmetology program. |
| 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: | 1979 |
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| Description: | The driver helps a senior citizen board the bus after a lunch at the Medford Senior Center. |
| 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: | 01 1979 |
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| Description: | Bus operated by the Portage County Commission on Aging and its driver. The bus took senior citizens to lunch at the Senior Center and provided other servic... |
| 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 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 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: | 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: | 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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