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| Date: | 11 29 1933 |
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| Description: | A group of Madison vocational school students preparing Christmas Seals for distribution by the Madison Anti-Tuberculosis Association. |
| Date: | 01 24 1950 |
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| Description: | Mrs. John J. (Audrey) Walsh and Mrs. Gottfired (Ruth) Mayer attach plastic heart coin containers to posters for the Madison Heart Fund Drive. |
| Date: | 01 24 1950 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Lindley V. (Virginia) Sprague and Mrs. George (Dorothy) Rentschler with the publicity materials they will use at information desks for the Madison Hea... |
| Date: | 11 08 1950 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Visiting Nurse Service Board of Directors. The function of the visiting nurses is to provide bedside care when needed in Madison. Sta... |
| Date: | 10 16 1951 |
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| Description: | Representing the Visiting Nurses Service is Mrs. Anna Forbis, 6112 Wingra Street. More than nine hundred volunteer workers are involved in a house-to-house... |
| Date: | 09 28 1878 |
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| Description: | An illustration depicting well-dressed ferry passengers depositing money in the yellow fever box at Fulton Ferry. A sign reads: "Contributions recieved ( |
| Date: | 12 22 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Nancy McVee, recently recovered from tuberculosis after being treated in a sanatorium for five years. During that time, she took correspondence... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | A nurse holding a mirror so that the photographer can see the face of a girl in an iron lung. Hanging from the machine are a number of greeting cards. The ... |
| Date: | 04 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Three members of the Dane County board look over literature provided by the American Cancer Society for introduction into public schools. Left to right are... |
| Date: | 12 13 1960 |
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| Description: | Members of the East Side Women's Club bring gifts to the club's Christmas party for the children at the Morningside Sanatorium, a tuberculosis treatment ce... |
| Date: | 01 22 1964 |
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| Description: | L to R: Pat Tyler, Jim Tipple, and Kathy Voeck help the March of Dimes by sorting out "marching kits" for persons who will solicit door-to-door. |
| Date: | 05 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Ida Kittleson in her Spaight Street home. She has been active in several organizations, including the Humane Society, Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Kiddie... |
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