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Harriet Douglas Whetten

Date: 1860
Description: Harriet Douglas Whetten (b.1822). Whetten was a volunteer nurse during the Civil War. She served on hospital ships out of New York and Philadelphia from 18...
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Gross Anatomy

Date: 1902
Description: Medical students dissect a cadaver at the Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons, University of Illinois. Surnames on the students' aprons include: Cor...
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Community Polio Vaccine

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Description: Tables are set up at a City Hall basement lobby as a venue for public access to the polio vaccine.
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Edgerton Pottery on West Lawton Street

Date: 1890
Description: Pauline pottery building. Standing in front are the potters who work there.
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Stoughton Hospital and Park

Date: 1910
Description: Park view featuring two children and their nurse or nanny in the foreground and an inset of the hospital in the upper left corner. Caption reads: "Stoughto...
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Public Health Nursing Week

Date: 04 16 1947
Description: Public Health Nursing Week. Helen Guelzow of the Visiting Nurse Service making her daily physical check-up of two University of Wisconsin nursery school ch...
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Madison Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 04 11 1949
Description: Visiting nurse Esther Sorensen changes a wound dressing for patient Connie Taylor who is blind and recovering from a fall.
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Madison Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 03 11 1949
Description: Visiting nurse Esther Sorensen caring for elderly resident Clotilda Contell, who she visits regularly.
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Madison Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 04 11 1949
Description: Visiting nurse Esther Sorensen checking on bedridden Richard Pedracine.
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Summer Vacation Jobs for Youth

Date: 07 11 1949
Description: Ronnie Kurth, a recent graduate of East High School, has a summer job of making fruit-flavored Popsicles and ice cream bars at Schoep's, 514 Division Stree...
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Community Chest (Red Feather) Campaign

Date: 10 17 1949
Description: Three Community Chest fund solicitors observe Helen Guelzow of the Madison Visiting Nurse Service as she weighs 3-month-old Mary Ellen Liddicoat at the Tru...
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Man in Winnebago County Asylum Kitchen

Date: 1930
Description: A man wearing an apron stands in a large kitchen located at the Winnebago County Asylum. Above him are pots and pans hanging from the ceiling. There is a l...
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University League and Junior Division Activities

Date: 01 23 1951
Description: Four members of the University League make aprons for the homecrafters to wear while they do their craft work for the state rehabilitation center at Truax ...
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Tuberculosis Survivor Repairs Typewriters

Date: 11 12 1951
Description: Robert Lawrence works as an apprentice mechanic at Royal Typewriter Company after his recovery from tuberculosis.
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Autopsy Cadaver and Students

Date: 1900
Description: View of an autopsy cadaver around which eight male students are gathered. The photographer was from Black River Falls, probably Charles Van Schaick. This i...
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Attic Angels Site Clean-up Party

Date: 07 12 1952
Description: Attic Angel members (plus a few husbands and children) took part in a clean-up party at the former Louis M. Hobbins house at 102 East Gorham Street that th...
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Efficient Dishwashing

Date: 01 21 1953
Description: Mrs. Harry Segerstrom, Cuba City, sitting while washing dishes at a sink, demonstrating efficient dish washing methods for people with limited physical abi...
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International Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 11 1948
Description: Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring color illustrations of a truck carrying coal, a baby, a hospital scene, and a refrigerator. Includes ...
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Part-Time Jobs for High School Students

Date: 12 01 1954
Description: Three Edgewood High School students work after school hours at Mickie's Dairy Bar on Monroe Street in Madison. From left are Frank Hebl, Frank's brother Bi...
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Medical Office at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1902
Description: A doctor(?) and a young man standing in a factory medical office or first aid station, most likely at McCormick Works. Pails and jugs are on the floor, and...

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