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Polio Survivors Value March of Dimes

Date: 12 28 1954
Description: Mrs. Arnold (Elizabeth) Griswold sitting in a wheelchair beside her family. She was diagnosed with polio in 1949.
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Polio Survivors Value March of Dimes

Date: 12 28 1954
Description: Everett L. Liddicoat, an insurance agent and 4-year veteran of the Army Air Corps, was diagnosed with polio in 1949.
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Wilbur La Bounty, Paralyzed Homecrafter Making Bird Houses

Date: 03 15 1955
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...
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Children with Farmall C

Date: 1947
Description: Four boys in wheelchairs pose in front of a McCormick-Deering Farmall C. Another boy sits behind the steering wheel. Other agricultural equipment is arrang...
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Dane County Homecrafters

Date: 03 06 1956
Description: Harold W. Rucks, of Edgerton sits in a wheel chair while working at a table jig saw. Rucks, who had been severely crippled for 17 years with rheumatiod art...
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Ron Bernhard Family

Date: 01 1987
Description: "The Ron Bernhard family, seated, who lost their young daughter, received aid from AAL Insurance of Appleton. Representatives are in back."
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Veterans' Home

Date: 06 1988
Description: "Veterans' Home at King, WI."
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Rotary Club International Scholars

Date: 09 18 1957
Description: Madison Rotary Club committee chairmen F.S. Brandenburg (left) and Don Anderson (right) pose with district scholars and international fellows sponsored by ...
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Student Nurse Week

Date: 10 07 1957
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...
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Guide Dog Training School

Date: 08 1958
Description: Gypsy, a guide dog at the Cambridge Double-A Guiding Dogs, Inc. school with trainer, Burlee Rowe, demonstrates how the dogs are taught to pick up an articl...
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Guide Dog Training School

Date: 08 1958
Description: Gypsy, a guide dog at the Cambridge Double-A Guiding Dogs, Inc. School, and her trainer, Burlee Rowe, demonstrating how dogs are taught to pick up an artic...
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Homecrafters Fair

Date: 11 02 1959
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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Y-Teens Give Television to Central Colony

Date: 12 30 1959
Description: Dr. John Touissant , clinical director at Central Colony, accepts a television set from Y-Teens Alison Keith and Ruth Rauschenberger. The Senior Y-Teens of...
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University President Conrad Elvehjem Welcomes Alumni

Date: 06 05 1960
Description: University President and Mrs. Conrad Elvehjem greet Mrs. and Mr. James Cietlow of Norwalk while their 2-month-old daughter, Ruth Ann, lies in her father's ...
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Sertoma Club Gifts for Wisconsin Central Colony

Date: 01 06 1961
Description: Young patients at Wisconsin Central Colony play on one of the slides recently donated by the Sertoma Club. Watching and assisting the children are William ...
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Calvin Johnson Residence; Eighth and Taylor Streets

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Description: Exterior portrait of an individual in a wheel chair on a wooden walkway in front of a two-story house. House identified as the residence of Calvin Johnson ...
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Couple in Wheelchairs

Date: 2013
Description: A married couple, Carrie and Prentice Vaughn, riding together into the distance in their wheelchairs on the sidewalk on 7th Street. On the right is a large...
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St. Patrick's Day Costume

Date: 03 2014
Description: Michael Pierce Murphy in his giant leprauchan hat and decorated scooter wheelchair at Becker Plaza.
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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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