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| Date: | 09 06 1957 |
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| Description: | Edward Farber, a prominent Milwaukee druggist, double checks a prescription order on the day before he retired. Farber operated his popular drugstore, loca... |
| Date: | 11 14 1957 |
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Janke taking care of last minute details in their prescription department before closing their drugstore's doors at 1658 W. Hopkins permanentl... |
| Date: | 05 09 1955 |
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| Description: | Seventh grade students putting together first aid kits to have at home. |
| Date: | 11 15 1955 |
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| Description: | All seven siblings in the Marnell family lining up for their polio inoculations. |
| Date: | 10 04 1958 |
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| Description: | A new mother is looking on as her 13-pound newborn infant is weighed by the nurse. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of new wing under construction. A fence separates the wing from the road. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Child receiving a shot, most likely the polio vaccine. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Children in line for vaccine shot. The child in the foreground is being prepared for the injection, most likely the polio vaccine. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Men moving an iron lung. The machine has the logo for the March of Dimes imprinted on it. Iron Lungs were commonly used for the treatment of polio. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Polio vaccine being unloaded (?) from a Northwest airplane. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | A doctor unloading a box filled with a supply of the polio vaccine. The box in the foreground is labeled: "Polio Vaccine Rush" and the doctor is kneeling n... |
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