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Manchester's, Inc., Baby Development Clinic Window Display

Date: 1944
Description: Manchester's, Inc., Baby Development Clinic window display, featuring nurse mannequin bathing a baby mannequin, surrounded by baby products.
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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 with Mothers and Babies

Date: 
Description: A nurse sits between two mothers with babies on their laps. They are discussing "individual problems of maternal and child health."
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Children with International Truck

Date: 1965
Description: A group of children gathers around an International truck modified for use by a public health organization while a woman in a nurse's outfit stands inside....
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Nurse in Scrub Room

Date: 03 1945
Description: United States Army nurse, Ann T. Hyland, is washing her hands in the 148th General Hospital's scrub room. Hyland is wearing a white cloth around her hair, ...
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Woman's Committee Window Display

Date: 02 1918
Description: A window display by the Woman's Committee of the LaCrosse County Council of Defense showing a nurse, an injured soldier, a skeleton and American flags. The...
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Telephone Survey About Cancer

Date: 03 14 1958
Description: Members of the Dane County Medical Society, the Methodist Hospital Nurses' Alumnae Association, and the Dane County Unit of the American Cancer Society pre...
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Student Nurse Susan Beckman

Date: 05 01 1971
Description: Susan Beckman, a student nurse at County General Hospital, carries a sign protesting the portrayal of nurses in a movie "The Student Nurses".
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Madison Nurses Banquet

Date: 04 05 1961
Description: Three nurses with "white elephant" gifts attend the annual spring banquet of the General Duty section of the Madison District Nurses Association. The gifts...
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Mobile Testing for Tuberculosis

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Description: Native American women and children wait in line by a bus to be tested for tuberculosis by the Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association. A sign points the wa...
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Madison General Hospital Disaster Training Drill

Date: 10 16 1965
Description: During a practice disaster drill, a nurse and a man are seen with a "casualty" on a stretcher at the Madison General Hospital emergency room. In this drill...
Postcard

4th Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 09 28 1918
Description: View towards a group of women marching up a street in a parade. Some are wearing nurse's uniforms, some are waving flags, and many are holding signs that r...
Postcard

4th Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 09 28 1918
Description: A group of women are marching up a street in a parade. Some are carrying signs, and one woman is carrying an American flag. The signs include: "WOMAN'S COM...
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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)...
Poster

Verdun, Road to Y.M.C.A. Canteen

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration of a road with a view through an archway towards a town, with rubble in the foreground on the left. There are pedestrians and a...
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Homecoming at the University of Wisconsin

Date: 11 07 1958
Description: Homecoming decoration in front of the nurses dormitory, 1402 University Avenue, for the University of Wisconsin.
Postcard

Service Flag Dedication Day Parade

Date: 02 18 1919
Description: Text on front reads: "Service Flag Dedication Day Parade, Schleisingerville, Wis." Uniformed nurses are leading a parade down the street, holding a Red Cro...
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Nurses Picketing at UW Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 07 06 1981
Description: Men and women picketing outside UW Hospital.
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Nurses Picketing at UW Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 07 06 1981
Description: Men and women picketing outside a hospital, likely UW Hospital. Some of signs they are carrying read: "Poor Staffing is Dangerous to Your Health", "Citizen...
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Nurses Picketing at UW Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 07 06 1981
Description: Men and women picketing outside a hospital. Some of signs they are carrying read: "Tired Nurses Are Unsafe", "Stop the Exodus from UWH Before it's too late...

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