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Frank P. Stanish

Date: 02 01 1947
Description: Druggist Frank Stanish of Hieber's Drugstore measures and compounds a prescription.
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Druggist and Scale

Date: 04 21 1942
Description: Druggist Stanley Meyers pauses while weighing a prescription on the pharmacy's scale.
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Using the Scale

Date: 04 15 1949
Description: Two pharmacists behind the prescription counter check the scale at the Pekin Prescription Shop. Cabinets of "sick room" supplies are on the left.
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Big Baby

Date: 10 04 1958
Description: A new mother is looking on as her 13-pound newborn infant is weighed by the nurse.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 06 08 1928
Description: Employee with a Toledo scale at the Fisher Body Co.
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Weighing In

Date: 06 1958
Description: A little girl watching as a healthcare worker slides the weights along a balance beam scale to measure her weight.
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Nurse Weighing Baby

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Description: A nurse weighing a baby in a scale on the floor.
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Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 09 11 1947
Description: Visiting Nurse Service, sponsored by Attic Angels, at a child health center at Emerson School. This center is one of five child health centers sponsored by...
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Children Gathered Around Scale

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Description: Group of small children gathered around a table outdoors near a building on which a toddler is being weighed using a baby scale.
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Weighing and Measuring Campaign, Lincoln School

Date: 1918
Description: Seven women in white uniforms measuring five children, including one infant. Caption reads: "Lincoln School, Madison, Wis. Weighing and Measuring Campaign ...
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Central High School Football Weigh-In and Physical Examinations

Date: 08 1955
Description: Coach Harold (Gus) Pollock (left) adjusting the counter weights on the scale being used by Ron Morrick. Other returning veteran players shown are Steve Sch...
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Doctor's Office

Date: 03 01 1917
Description: Interior view of a doctor's office. There is a skylight in the ceiling above a table and chairs. Two rooms with doors are in the background.

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