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Gifts For Neurological Patients

Date: 09 29 1960
Description: Pauline Dubner, a patient at the Wisconsin Neurological Foundation, poses in her hospital bed next to a new record player in a case. Behind her stand the f...
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Central High School Graduation

Date: 06 16 1961
Description: Elevated view of the crowd at Central High School's auditorium in attendance for graduation, with black-clad classmates in the center.
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Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 10 1961
Description: First Friend Volunteer of the Dane County Mental Health Association is one of 29 of the United Givers agencies. This agency helps mentally ill persons make...
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Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 10 1961
Description: The Madison Area Retardation Council is one of 29 United Givers agencies. Some of the services the council provides for the mentally retarded are sheltered...
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Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 10 1961
Description: The Dane County Guidance Center is one of 29 United Givers agencies. A team of psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers serves Madison and Dane Coun...
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New Kite Design

Date: 06 10 1965
Description: Pat Kohl is holding a new kite being manufactured by Madison Opportunity Center, a rehabilitation workshop for the mentally and physically handicapped. It ...
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North Frances Street Scene

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Description: A woman is leading two men along the sidewalk past the Towers Apartment building on N. Frances Street. Michael's Shoe Service storefront is in the backgrou...
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Gisholt Party at Restaurant

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Description: View down long table of members of the Ice Chippers of Gisholt having dinner, They are sitting in a restaurant, where comical hand-drawn drawings created b...
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Woman in Wheelchair Bowling

Date: 02 14 1953
Description: Woman sitting in a wheelchair bowling.
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WKOW-TV Telethon

Date: 09 12 1953
Description: Fourteen men and women (one in a wheelchair) sitting around a dining table in a restaurant (Hoffman House?) as part of the WKOW-TV telethon (?).
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Blind Bowlers

Date: 01 1955
Description: Jim Sletten (in dark glasses) is holding onto a guide rail with his left hand while holding a bowling ball in hi right hand as he accepts assistance from L...
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Blind Bowlers

Date: 01 1955
Description: Jim Sletten, operator of the cigar stand in the State Office Building, fires the heavy ball down the alley. He has 163 games to his credit. He is one of ab...
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Blind Bowlers

Date: 01 1955
Description: David Buege is placing a bowling ball into the hands of his wife, Hazel Buege, who is one of about fifteen visually impaired participants who gather weekly...
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Blind Bowlers

Date: 01 1955
Description: Hazel Buege is holding onto a rail with her left hand, and releasing a bowling ball with her right hand towards standing bowling pins. She is one of about ...
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Blind Bowlers

Date: 01 29 1955
Description: Jean Jackson releasing a bowling ball at a gathering of blind bowlers at Playdium Alleys. She is one of about fifteen visually impaired participants who ga...
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Blind Bowlers

Date: 01 29 1955
Description: Ruby Graf and Della Killerlain posing with a bowling ball. They are two of about fifteen visually impaired participants who gather weekly on Tuesdays at Pl...
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Blind Bowlers

Date: 01 29 1955
Description: Mildred Finney releases a bowling ball. She is one of about fifteen visually impaired participants who gather weekly on Tuesdays at Playdium Alleys, locate...
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Penalty for Those Who Pose as Deaf

Date: 02 07 1961
Description: Rev. Herbert Drachenberg, right, pastor of the Madison Silent Lutheran Church, 1909 Huxley St., uses sign language to relay a question from members of the ...

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