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Rosa Sperdandio

Date: 07 20 1909
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Rosa Sperdandio submitted as part of her application for her midwifery license.
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Margherita Ciotti

Date: 12 22 1923
Description: Portrait of Margherita Ciotti that she submitted in her application for her midwifery license.
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Nurse with Native Americans

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Description: A nurse poses on steps with a Native American mother and four children.
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Nurse Weighing Baby

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Description: A nurse weighing a baby in a scale on the floor.
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Public Health Physicians, Nurse, and Four Children

Date: 1926
Description: Four siblings await their physical examination. Three of the children are triplets. In the background are the public health nurse and examining physician.
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Mrs. Steege and Two Children

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Description: Mrs. Steege, who drove 10 miles through the rain to have her children examined.
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Baby in Diaper with Rickets

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Description: Portrait of Norine Durham, 1 year 3 months, child of Mrs. Alan Durham Humbird, undernourished with rickets.
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Young Girl with Rickets

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Description: Annie Pagano of Marblehead, Wisconsin, diagnosed with rickets. She is of Italian nationality, aged 4 1/2 years. Nursed until 3 years old, then fed meat and...
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North Hudson Infant Triplets

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Description: Jensen triplets at their North Hudson exam.
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Two Nurses Outside Colby Health Center

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Description: Two nurses stand outside the Colby Health Center, a former dental office. This was the first county health center, in a village of 700 population.
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Sabin Oral Vaccine

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Description: A nurse gives children the sabin oral vaccine.
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Mary Gerrard

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Description: Portrait of midwife Mary Gerrard wearing a cross necklace.
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Mrs. Charles J. Hjort

Date: 1911
Description: Studio portrait of Mrs. Charles J. Hjort.
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Dora Larsan

Date: 12 09 1909
Description: Studio portrait of Dora Larsan, wearing a lace collar and a black dress.
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Susan Washburn

Date: 12 28 1909
Description: Studio portrait of Susan Washburn, who is wearing a black dress and a watch on a chain.
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Clara Bogenschild

Date: 04 29 1910
Description: Notorized portrait of Clara Bogenschild wearing a light-colored dress with an elaborate collar.
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Feeding Children Cod Liver Oil

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Description: A woman giving Highlander nursery school children cod liver oil.
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Nurse with Mothers and Babies

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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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Registration at the Health Center

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Description: Mothers with babies register at the Health Center. In the background chairs line the walls, and above them are posters on health.
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Waiting for Examination

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Description: Mothers sit with their babies in their arms as they wait for nurses to examine the infants. Infant clothing is hanging on a clothesline strung along the ba...

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