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First Aid Kits

Date: 05 09 1955
Description: Seventh grade students putting together first aid kits to have at home.
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Child with Injured Foot

Date: 08 1957
Description: A young Algerian girl has her foot treated by a Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) worker in a tent. The man is wrapping the girl's foot in bandages. She ...
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Nurse with Native Americans

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Description: A nurse poses on steps with a Native American mother and four children.
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Mary Gerrard

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Description: Portrait of midwife Mary Gerrard wearing a cross necklace.
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Susan Washburn

Date: 12 28 1909
Description: Studio portrait of Susan Washburn, who is wearing a black dress and a watch on a chain.
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Christmas Seal Campaign

Date: 10 18 1947
Description: Miss Catherine Ahern, a member of the board of directors of the Madison Tuberculosis Association, holding a double-bar cross, the symbol of the association...
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American Cancer Society, Cancer Dressing Project

Date: 01 27 1948
Description: Thirteen members of the American Cancer Society, Cancer Dressing Project, gathered around two tables in front of the American Flag.
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PTA Health Chairwomen

Date: 02 09 1948
Description: PTA health chairwomen hearing about plans for the mobile X-ray program from Beulah Dreyfus, a tuberculosis (TB) nurse with the City of Madison Health Depar...
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Gray Ladies of the Dane County Red Cross

Date: 11 01 1948
Description: Gray Ladies of the Dane County Red Cross teaching jewelry-making to a group of patients at the Mendota hospital for the mentally ill. Gray Ladies, shown at...
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L.A. Toner Cutting Cake

Date: 01 17 1949
Description: L.A. Toner,of Miami, Florida, is shown in his Wisconsin General hospital bed cutting his surprise birthday chocolate cake as his wife looks on. Mrs. Toner ...
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Studio Portrait of Betsy Thunder

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting and wearing several necklaces. Betsy Thunder, who was reportedly a medicine woman.
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Tuberculosis Patient

Date: 11 15 1949
Description: Doris Trameri, previously diagnosed with tuberculosis, reenacts being admitted to Lake View Sanatorium on July 9, 1947. Discussing her case are Dr. John K....
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James Dunn Contributing to Heart Fund

Date: 02 10 1950
Description: James Dunn, stage and movie star who was appearing in the leading role of "Harvey" at the Parkway Theater, is shown contributing to Madison's heart fund dr...
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YWCA Activities, Physical Exam for YWCA Residents

Date: 09 12 1950
Description: Dr. Margaret Prouty, 26 Breese Terrace, takes the blood pressure of Patsy Dorow, formerly of Reedsburg, who resides at the YWCA. Seated at the left is Mrs....
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Two Women Posing on Lawn of Winnebago County Asylum

Date: 1930
Description: Two women sitting on the lawn of what appears to be the Winnebago County Asylum. Behind the women is a limestone block foundation lined with flowers. One o...
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March of Dimes Campaign

Date: 12 31 1951
Description: Ann E. Boberschmidt, Edgewood College sophomore, is shown wearing a necklace and sweater. She was stricken with polio in November of 1945, paralysing her l...
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Southern Wisconsin Dental Assistants' Association Officers

Date: 02 20 1952
Description: Portrait of four officers of the Southern Wisconsin Dental Assistants' Association. The president, Mrs. Florence Martin, is seated. Other elected officers ...
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Medic and Wounded Marine

Date: 1945
Description: A badly wounded Marine suffers with an abdominal injury in Iwo Jima. A medic is sitting near him checking his identification tag.
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Taking Notes

Date: 10 11 1966
Description: American journalist Esther Van Wagoner Tufty, who covered three wars, taking notes on an interview with Major Kim Pil Dal, a Korean nurse in Vietnam. Capti...
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Lutefisk Supper

Date: 12
Description: Several women are served lutefisk at a lutefisk supper at the Dane County Home. There are plates of lefse and dinner rolls on the table.

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