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Polio Victims

Date: 08 02 1951
Description: Bonnie Wainscott (left), age 16, and her mother Mrs. Grace Wainscott are greeted by Francis M. Higgins, President of Wisconsin Central Airlines. The Wainsc...
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Washington Orthopedic School Girl Scouts

Date: 03 07 1952
Description: Erna Schweppe showing members of her Troop No. 6 at Washington Orthopedic school a proclamation by Governor Walter Kohler recognizing the 40th anniversary ...
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United States General Hospital

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Description: View of Ward 15 of the United States General Hospital No. 7, as designated by the surgeon-general in 1918. Intended for returning soldiers' physical recons...
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United States General Hospital

Date: 1920
Description: Interior of the United States General Hospital No. 7, as designated by the surgeon-general in 1918. Intended for returning soldiers' physical reconstructio...
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Blind Ph.D. Candidate with Hearing Test Equipment

Date: 05 09 1952
Description: "With her roommate Helen Blohm (right) playing the role of the subject, Mary Louise Lane (left) checks her hearing with an audiometer. Miss Lane, blind co-...
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"International Trail" Cover Layout

Date: 1965
Description: Cover layout of the Volume 35, Number 2 issue of "International Trail" magazine featuring a photograph of a woman using a seeing-eye dog to walk down a dri...
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Reading Braille

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Description: A woman in dark glasses, who is a resident of Dane County Hospital and Home, reads a book in Braille as her therapist looks on.
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Efficient Dishwashing

Date: 01 21 1953
Description: Mrs. Harry Segerstrom, Cuba City, sitting while washing dishes at a sink, demonstrating efficient dish washing methods for people with limited physical abi...
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Recruiting Polio Emergency Volunteers

Date: 06 18 1953
Description: Jean Welsch uses the telephone to recruit volunteers for the Polio Emergency Volunteer training course. At her side is her son Bobby, age 3 1/2 years, who ...
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Hope Health and Rehabilitation

Date: 08 08 2008
Description: "(Note all eights) After having hip replacement surgery, Shirley Widmer is shown with her little friend Ginger, at Hope Health and Rehab, 475 Grove Street ...
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Hope Rehabilitation Center

Date: 03 06 2009
Description: "At Hope Rehab Center they gave us a nice room where we could meet with former Theresa residents. Clockwise they are (residents marked with an *) *Rogeen F...
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New Teachers

Date: 09 22 1953
Description: Two new teachers for the deaf, Eleanore Kerski and Margerate Doering, work with two pupils, Joy Anne Rasmus and Sandra Ritter. They are looking into a larg...
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Easter Seals Beneficiaries

Date: 03 15 1954
Description: Elsie Smavy (right), bedridden in her seventh year of polio and with limited movement in her lower arms, creates embroidery. Her children, Molly, 7, and Ni...
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Employees with Disabilities

Date: 03 22 1954
Description: Mary Ann O'Loughlen sits at her desk in the State Office building where she is employed as a typist by the Traveling Library Department, Free Library Commi...
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Union Members Group Portrait

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Description: Group portrait in front of a large stone building with arches of members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 880 holding giant pennie...
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Zonta International

Date: 05 25 1954
Description: Officers of Zonta International of Madison, a professional women's service organization, present a contribution to Hear, Inc., a new organization for heari...
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Easter Seal Boy

Date: 03 14 1955
Description: The family of David Lindl, the 1956 "Easter Seal Boy", eating breakfast. They include, from left: father Frank C. Lindl; Dennis, age 17 months; mother Marg...
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Madison Vocational and Adult Education School

Date: 01 22 1957
Description: Miss Pauline Zeller of 5304 Groveland Terrace, a physically handicapped polio victim, attends the Vocational School under the sponsorship of the State Reha...
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Dane County Homecrafters

Date: 01 24 1957
Description: Women assist with arrangements for the spring fair presented by the Dane County Homecrafters (adult handicapped persons). Seated left to right: Mina Dutton...
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Couple Posing in front of House

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Description: View across road towards a man and woman posing standing behind a picket fence in front of a frame house. The man appears to be holding a cane in his left ...

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