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Out of Action

Date: 01 13 1967
Description: Dejected skier at home with cast and crutches, after breaking her leg practicing for competition.
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Doylestown Bank Robbery, Gunshot Victim

Date: 09 11 1931
Description: Portrait of W.J. Baw, Doylestown Bank robbery gunshot victim, who was shot through the wrist as he attempted, with only a brick as a weapon, to attack one ...
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Obed Hussey

Date: 1850
Description: Quarter-length portrait of inventor Obed Hussey (1782?-1860) as it appeared in W.T. Hutchinson's biography of Cyrus Hall McCormick. He is wearing an eye pa...
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Lucius Fairchild

Date: 11 1863
Description: Photograph of Lucius Fairchild of the 2nd Wisconsin made by Mathew Brady in Washington, D.C. about three months after the Battle of Gettysburg. Severely wo...
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Accident at East Side Festival

Date: 08 01 1944
Description: Photograph of Lois Bailey, who was thrown from the Tilt-a-Whirl ride at the Madison East Side Festival, suffering injuries to her face and head.
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Portrait of Man with Crutches

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Description: A man with a bandaged foot sits in a chair holding crutches for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a suit jacket, hat, and tro...
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Four Women Share a House

Date: 03 21 1955
Description: Pat Farrell, with a broken right leg, polishes silver while confined to the house she shares with three other young women at 2253 Rugby Row.
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Elderly Man with Two Crutches

Date: 01 29 1917
Description: Elderly man with two crutches posing standing on a wood sidewalk in front of a fence.
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Man with Bandaged Foot

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Description: A man is sitting indoors in a room on a chair, with his left foot bandaged. Crutches are on the floor beside him.
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Portrait of Man

Date: 07 17 1919
Description: Portrait of a man standing indoors wearing overalls and a hat. There are machine parts hanging from hooks behind him. The man is missing parts of his finge...
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Workman on Crutches

Date: 04 12 1933
Description: A man is standing indoors on crutches.

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