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Nurse in front of Refrigerator

Date: 04 16 1935
Description: A nurse in uniform standing in front of an open refrigerator, checking vials of medicines at the Wisconsin General Hospital.
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Nurse Standing Beside Tray of Instruments

Date: 06 1919
Description: Nurse standing beside a tray of medical instruments in a medical office at one of International Harvester's factories. The nurse is dressed in a white unif...
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Doctor with Refugee Child in Algeria

Date: 08 1957
Description: A Red Crescent doctor is holding an Algerian refugee child who survived a French air attack that killed eighteen people. Behind them is a shepherd's daught...
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Visiting Nurse Service Staff Nurse on Bicycle

Date: 04 11 1944
Description: Myra Johnson, 323 West Mifflin Street, the newest member of the Visiting Nurse Service staff, with her bicycle, which she uses to make her daily rounds. Ca...
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Nurse Instructs Mothers about Shoes

Date: 1937
Description: A nurse instructs two mothers about baby shoes.
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Tomac Plasma Bank

Date: 1944
Description: A woman in a white dress, probably a nurse or volunteer, places a container into a "Tomac Plasma Bank," a refrigeration unit developed by International Har...
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Madison General Hospital Graduating Nurses

Date: 09 14 1950
Description: The graduating class of nurses at the school of nursing at Madison General Hospital (Meriter) gathers on a set of stairs for a group portrait.
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Class for Mothers

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Description: A health care worker is instructing two mothers how to select shoes and stockings for their children. On the wall is a poster on clothing and shoes.
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Wisconsin State Student Nurses' Association

Date: 03 19 1952
Description: Shown are six members of the Wisconsin State Student Nurses' association at the University of Wisconsin. From left to right, they are Marilyn Hall, Lexy Ne...
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Madison General Hospital Nurse Capping Ceremony

Date: 06 13 1952
Description: Group portrait of 48 Madison General Hospital student nurses on the event of their 'capping ceremony' which marks the end of their first year of training. ...
Postcard

A Girl and Boy Dressed as Nurse and Soldier

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a girl dressed as a nurse and a boy dressed as a soldier standing in front of a painted backdrop. He holds a rifle and she i...
Historical Object

Fargo Family

Date: 07 1900
Description: A decorated album page features two photographs of members of the Fargo family posing near the ornate porch of their home. In the photograph on the left, F...
Postcard

4th Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 09 29 1918
Description: A group of women wearing white nurses' uniforms are marching up a street in a parade. Some are carrying American flags, others are carrying signs and banne...
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Austrian Red Cross Nurses

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian Red Cross nurses, from Graz, strolling on a road in Syrmien during World War I.
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Baby Clinic and Rest Tent, Dane County Fair

Date: 08 1918
Description: Three women in nurse's uniforms are standing in a tent, where several children and women are seated on chairs. Displays of cribs, cloths (possibly diapers)...

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