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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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Red Cross Activities

Date: 03 05 1951
Description: Red Cross nurse instructor, Dorothy Wylde, at right, teaches proper contents of a home medicine chest to Marjorie Hagan, left, and Dorothy Currere, student...
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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 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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Blood Drive at St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 12 18 1953
Description: Four St. Mary's hospital nuns participate in the hospital staff blood drive. Red Cross nurse Barbara Zimmerman takes the blood pressure of Sister Mary Virg...
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Girl in Iron Lung

Date: 1957
Description: A nurse holding a mirror so that the photographer can see the face of a girl in an iron lung. Hanging from the machine are a number of greeting cards. The ...
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Dane County Medical Society Auxiliary

Date: 03 06 1956
Description: Members of the Dane County Medical Society Auxiliary maintain a loan closet which contains medical equipment which can be borrowed by families. Pictured ar...
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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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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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Government Workers Blood Drive

Date: 01 05 1961
Description: Red Cross Nurse Janis Clothier is shown at right holding a container. With her are four building inspectors during a Red Cross blood drive for government w...

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