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Unloading Polio Vaccine

Date: 1955
Description: A doctor unloading a box filled with a supply of the polio vaccine. The box in the foreground is labeled: "Polio Vaccine Rush" and the doctor is kneeling n...
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Girl in Iron Lung

Date: 1957
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 ...
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University of Wisconsin Red Cross Fundraising Drive

Date: 03 12 1956
Description: Members of the University of Wisconsin Hoofers' Ski Club demonstrate the importance of correct immobilization of fractures and proper transportation. They ...
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Dane County Health Council Association

Date: 09 22 1952
Description: First grade student Frank Eschler has his hearing tested by Sun Prairie Health Council chairman Mrs. Marshall Thorpe. Looking on is student Kathleen Wacket...
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Happy Birthday Medicare

Date: 07 29 1995
Description: At a celebration for the 30th anniversary of Medicare, Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey and guests blow out the candles on a cake.
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Medicare Reform

Date: 1995
Description: Wisconsin congressmen (left to right) Gerald Kleczka, David R. Obey, and Thomas Barrett listening to citizen opinions on Medicare reform at a forum.
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Four Grey Ladies

Date: 08 23 1956
Description: Four women wearing Red Cross Gray Lady uniforms, including nurse caps with Red Cross insignia, sit at a table and plan a united meeting of the four units o...
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Officers of the Association for Childbirth Education

Date: 01 13 1957
Description: Group portrait of the officers of the Association for Childbirth Education which sponsored a lecture series. The officers, left to right, are: Louise Thoma...
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Margaret Nelson and Diet

Date: 01 08 1957
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Margaret Nelson, teacher-coordinator at the Madison Vocational and Adult school's homemaking department. She was preparing to appear on WH...
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Hear Inc. Dinner & Program

Date: 04 26 1957
Description: Members of the Zonta Club sponsored a community-wide dinner and educational program for Hear, Inc. at the Park Hotel. Left to right: Janice Stovall, direct...
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Hear Inc. Dinner & Program

Date: 04 26 1957
Description: Members of the Zonta Club sponsored a community-wide dinner and educational program for Hear, Inc. at the Park Hotel. Left to Right: Suzanne Boyce, Middlet...
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American Cancer Society Dinner

Date: 04 11 1957
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...
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Hear Inc. Dinner & Program

Date: 04 26 1957
Description: Members of the Zonta Club sponsored a community-wide dinner and educational program for Hear, Inc. at the Park Hotel. Left to Right: Ruth Dickie, retiring ...
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Hear Inc. Dinner & Program

Date: 04 26 1957
Description: Members of the Zonta Club sponsored a community-wide dinner and educational program for Hear, Inc. at the Park Hotel. Left to right: Dr. H. Kent Tenney, pa...
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Madison Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 10 16 1957
Description: The Madison Visiting Nurse Service held its annual meeting at Blackhawk Country Club. The Visiting Nurse Service, a Red Feather agency, is the only service...
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Madison Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 10 16 1957
Description: The Madison Visiting Nurse Service held its annual meeting at Blackhawk Country Club. The Visiting Nurse Service, a Red Feather agency, is the only service...
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Mothers' March on Polio

Date: 01 07 1958
Description: Eugene Rankin, director of the Dane March of Dimes, shows the movie "Survival Is Not Enough" during a ward captains meeting to plan the Mothers' March on P...
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Mothers' March on Polio

Date: 01 07 1958
Description: Ward captains meet to plan the Mothers' March on Polio in connection with the Dane County March of Dimes. The Mothers' March will take place the night of J...
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Mothers' March on Polio

Date: 01 07 1958
Description: Ward captains meet to plan the Mothers' March on Polio in connection with the Dane County March of Dimes. The Mothers' March will take place the night of J...
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Mothers' March on Polio

Date: 01 07 1958
Description: Ward captains meet to plan the Mothers' March on Polio in connection with the Dane County March of Dimes. The Mothers' March will take place the night of J...

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