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Biennial American Nursing Association Convention

Date: 06 16 1952
Description: Panoramic group portrait of the biennial convention of the American Nursing Association. The nurses are in an auditorium, sitting in groups by state.
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IH War Materials Division Manager Makes Blood Donation

Date: 1943
Description: Two nurses test C.E. Stevens' blood pressure and hemoglobin prior to his blood donation at the Red Cross blood bank. The original caption reads: "Blood pre...
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Nurse Anesthetists Banquet

Date: 02 12 1950
Description: Six members of the Wisconsin division of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists who have completed 25 years of service in the field of anesthesia w...
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Date: 12 09 1951
Description: City Attorney Harold E. Hanson has his blood pressure taken by Mary Clancy, Red Cross blood center staff nurse.
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Date: 12 09 1951
Description: Alderman Lyle R. Andrews, 7th ward, donates blood while lying on a gurney as Red Cross staff nurse Marge Schmitz looks on. Two nurses and other donors can ...
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Red Cross Blood Bank Drive

Date: 12 13 1951
Description: Dane County Highway Department employees line up to donate blood during the annual Red Cross blood bank drive. Left to right: James O'Connell, Russell Roed...
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Naval Reserve Blood Drive

Date: 12 04 1951
Description: Navy Radioman Burton Fischer is shown on a cot as he donates blood during a blood drive for naval reservists from the naval reserve training center. At lef...
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Red Cross Peacetime Activities

Date: 02 26 1952
Description: The work of the Red Cross in peacetime is less well publicized than its services during wartime. Their blood bank program is considered one of the most out...
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National Business Women's Week

Date: 10 05 1953
Description: Depicting Florence Nightingale at the time of the Crimean war of 1853, a costumed Marie Timlin tends to "wounded soldier" Harold Hermanson. The enactment i...
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Wisconsin State Student Nurses Association Convention

Date: 09 18 1954
Description: Mary Verhagen of St. Mary's Hospital and Nancy Reid of University Hospitals present a check to Harold Gauer, Wisconsin director of CARE.
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Date: 07 01 1957
Description: Chester L. Gill receives a blood transfusion from nurses Marion Hackett and Ann Drollinger at Madison General Hospital. The Gill family has been volunteer ...
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Date: 07 01 1957
Description: George Gill gives a pint of blood for the Red Cross as his mother, Florence, and brother, James, look on. The Red Cross nurse is Valdine Prentice.
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State-Wide Meeting of Visiting Nurses Groups

Date: 04 10 1958
Description: The Madison Visiting Nurse Service and the Beloit Visiting Nurse Association hosted a state-wide meeting of the visiting nurse groups at the Memorial Union...
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Ward in the Red Cross Hospital

Date: 1918
Description: Indoor group portrait of wounded soldiers in the hospital ward, some of which have been wounded. Others soldiers are in uniform and are presumably uninjure...
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Dane County Immunization Clinic

Date: 02 03 1961
Description: Dr. Joseph F. Behrend of Sun Prairie (left) and Carol Dorn, a public health nurse, look on as Mrs. R.J. McCarthy (right) administers a vaccine to Darrel Ca...
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Red Cross 10 Year Service Award

Date: 04 17 1961
Description: Truax Field's Red Cross recognition tea featured a ten-year service pin given to Margaret Hoffman. Shown left to right: Col. Olin E. Gilbert, Truax Field ...
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We Saw You . . . at Visting Nurse Election

Date: 10 31 1961
Description: Officers are elected at the annual meeting of the Visiting Nurse Service held at the Maple Bluff Country Club. Shown seated (L-R) are Mr. Thomas Broadman, ...
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Visiting Nurse Service Fall Luncheon and Business Meeting

Date: 10 27 1964
Description: Members of the Visiting Nurse Service held their annual fall luncheon and business meeting at Maple Bluff Country Club. John Frautschi, newly elected treas...
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Visiting Nurse Service Fall Luncheon and Business Meeting

Date: 10 27 1964
Description: Members of the Visiting Nurse Service held their annual fall luncheon and business meeting at Maple Bluff Country Club. Constance Elvehjem, seated, and Phi...
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Governor Walter J. Kohler Jr. Donates Blood at the UW

Date: 04 22 1955
Description: Walter Kohler Jr. lying on a cot, while two women, one in a nurse's uniform, stand beside him on the left. The nurse holds a glass bottle used to collect b...

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