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Class at the State School for the Deaf

Date: 1893
Description: Male and female students read and practice math at the State School for the Deaf as a teacher looks on from the head of the class.
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State School for the Blind

Date: 1893
Description: Interior of the State School for the Blind, perhaps a study or room for recreation. Included in the room are several tables with small models, a piano, and...
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Polio Survey

Date: 08 09 1944
Description: James R. Law, chairman of the Dane County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Palmer F. Daugs, Lake Mills, representative of the Na...
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Doctors at Cancer Meeting

Date: 07 21 1947
Description: A room full of doctors are seated in a classroom at school desks for a "cancer clinic".
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James L. Clark, City Health Inspector

Date: 09 20 1947
Description: James L. Clark, Madison city health inspector, shown pointing to a map of Madison marked with X's signifying places with rat infestation.
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Visiting Nurse Service Loan Closet

Date: 08 10 1953
Description: Mrs. Marjorie Southwick, secretary of the Visiting Nurse Service, checks out a pair of crutches and a wheelchair to Miss Agnes Griffith, assistant director...
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Imprisoned Navy Nurses Come Home

Date: 03 1945
Description: Two nurses, Leona Jackson, left, and Mary Rose Harrington Nelson, right, return to Guam after being imprisoned in Los Banos, Philippines, for over two year...
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Dr. Miloslavich

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Description: Dr. Edward L. Miloslavich (center), formerly a Milwaukee police surgeon, seen here in his office in Zagred, Yugoslavia. Dr. Miloslavich played a role in th...
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Group in front of General Store Counter

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Description: A general store counter at Weigands Bay. Two women are behind the counter, with boxes of cigars on display behind them. Other canned goods are on the shelv...
Map or Atlas

Map of Madison : Capitol of Wisconsin

Date: 1890
Description: This map oriented with north towards the upper right shows sewers, cases of diphtheria and scarlet fever, schools, and public buildings. Lake Wingra is lab...
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Newest City Map Shown by Chamber

Date: 06 20 1958
Description: Two Madison Chamber of Commerce employees are shown holding the newest map of the city printed by the chamber. The maps sold for ten cents. The two women ...
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Probable 20 Megaton Blast Pattern at Milwaukee

Date: 1960
Description: Map showing the probable blast radius of a 20 megaton bomb on Milwaukee. The map also shows existing hospitals in the area, including outside Milwaukee Cou...

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