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| Date: | 12 14 1952 |
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| Description: | A circle of female patients and a nurse hold hands during a dance at Mendota State Hospital. John Birchall, a hospital recreation staff person, plays a dou... |
| Date: | 05 13 1953 |
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| Description: | Ruth M. Luetscher, president of the Soroptimist Club of Madison, presents a check for $558 to Steve Hopkins at the news stand in the lobby of Madison's Fed... |
| Date: | 06 25 1953 |
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| Description: | Three Wisconsin veterans service officers display a citation from the Disabled American Veterans for outstanding service. Holding the plaque is O.N. Marcus... |
| Date: | 03 22 1954 |
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| Description: | Professor Raymond Dvorak stands beside a grandfather clock in the hallway of his home at 2001 Jefferson Street, decorated with oriental rugs. Mr. Dvorak, d... |
| Date: | 09 28 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Helen Herrick, Social Chairman of the University League. |
| Date: | 12 28 1954 |
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| Description: | Jack W. Thomas, a service manager at Ray-O-Vac International, was diagnosed with polio in 1952 while in the Belgian Congo. |
| Date: | 12 28 1954 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Arnold (Elizabeth) Griswold sitting in a wheelchair beside her family. She was diagnosed with polio in 1949. |
| Date: | 12 27 1954 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Judith Lokken, a grandmother of three, was diagnosed with polio in August 1954 but is now virtually recovered. |
| Date: | 12 28 1954 |
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| Description: | Everett L. Liddicoat, an insurance agent and 4-year veteran of the Army Air Corps, was diagnosed with polio in 1949. |
| Date: | 03 15 1955 |
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| Description: | He is Wilbur La Bounty, paralyzed homecrafter, making bird houses. He is sitting before a work table with a jig saw and his completed 12 log cabin-style bi... |
| Date: | 02 14 1956 |
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| Description: | Hazel Hargrove, freshman at Central High School, reads to her blind neighbor, Mrs. L.E. Grandison, as a Lenten expression of concern for others. |
| Date: | 03 06 1956 |
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| Description: | Herman Skolas sits in a wheelchair while weaving on his loom as his eight-year-old granddaughter, Deborah Culham of Stoughton, looks on approvingly. Skolas... |
| Date: | 05 01 1957 |
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| Description: | Altrusa Club member Emma Rice, in a dress and on her knees, planting a flower garden at Agehaven Nursing Home on Bridge Road, as residents Louise Cook and ... |
| Date: | 09 18 1957 |
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| Description: | Madison Rotary Club committee chairmen F.S. Brandenburg (left) and Don Anderson (right) pose with district scholars and international fellows sponsored by ... |
| Date: | 10 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Student nurses in Madison take part in a state-wide aid project at various hospitals and welfare centers during Student Nurse Week. Susan Miller of Methodi... |
| Date: | 10 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Methodist hospital student nurses Karolyn McCauley (left) and Mary Bach (right) join in a card game with Robert Lloyd of Janesville and Jack Durham (in a w... |
| Date: | 10 09 1957 |
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| Description: | Attending a tea in honor of Helen E., wife of Edward T. Fairchild, former chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court are, left to right, Gladys, wife of ... |
| Date: | 09 11 1959 |
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| Description: | Betty Leiser, left, and Carmen Van Gorden, both of whom use wheelchairs because of the after effects of polio, fill out recruitment cards for the Monona Gr... |
| Date: | 09 29 1959 |
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| Description: | Blooming Grove Fire Department Lt. John Robertstad installs an alert sign beneath the bedroom window of Lynn Stenrud to aid in rescue operations in the eve... |
| Date: | 11 02 1959 |
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| Description: | Woodcraft articles by Frank F. France will be among the many items sold at the sixth annual Homecrafters Fair at Scanlan Hall in the Madison Vocational and... |
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